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Rural Patterns

Rural Patterns. Some terminology. Settlement Pattern – distribution of homes, farms, villages, towns, and cities in an area Two broad settlement patterns: spread apart or close together (Urban or rural)

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Rural Patterns

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  1. Rural Patterns

  2. Some terminology • Settlement Pattern – distribution of homes, farms, villages, towns, and cities in an area Two broad settlement patterns: spread apart or close together (Urban or rural) • Population distributionrefers to patterns showing where people live in an area.(Figure 19-1) • Dispersed usually = agricultural; • concentrated =natural resources =job opportunities; • linear = settlement in a line ex. along a highway

  3. Concentrated Concentrated Dispersed

  4. Linear

  5. Settlement Patterns in Canada Two Major Categories: Rural and Urban • Rural Settlement • Outside of cities and towns • Low population density • Dispersed population distribution Factors in Rural Settlement: • Resources – what’s there to use? • Transportation available – can we get there? • Government policy – ex. survey system to determine size and shape of farms, etc.

  6. Rural Settlement Patterns Long Lots: Quebec Concession System: Ontario Section System: Prairies

  7. 1. The long lot of southern Quebec • INFLUENCES: • Resource: agriculture • Transportation: St. Lawrence River= boat • Government Policy: Each settler receives a piece of land along waterfront. • Long thin farms built along the river and stretched back long distances from the water.

  8. 1. The long lot of southern Quebec

  9. 2. Concession System of Southern Ontario • INFLUENCES: • Resources: rich agriculture • Transportation: roads, railway, each settlement needed access to a road. • Government policy: survey system • Concession System: land is divided equally by concessions roads • farms 40 to 80 ha in size. • Concession formed townships counties • .

  10. 2. Concession System of Southern Ontario

  11. 3. Section system of the southern Prairies • INFLUENCES: • Resources: agriculture • Transportation: roads, railway (access to water less important) • Government policy: Large lots for families (Clifford Sifton Immigration policy 1900) • Land divided into blocks (9.6 km by 9.6 km)

  12. 3. Section system of the southern Prairies

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