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Unit 3: Changing Populations Is Canada a Great Place to Live?

Unit 3: Changing Populations Is Canada a Great Place to Live?. Canadian War Museum. Gr. 9 Geography (Applied) CGC1P. Class Mini-Census. Every 5 years : Canadian government conducts a census (a survey of the population) We will conduct a class mini-census to see how we compare.

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Unit 3: Changing Populations Is Canada a Great Place to Live?

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  1. Unit 3:Changing PopulationsIs Canada a Great Place to Live? Canadian War Museum Gr. 9 Geography (Applied) CGC1P

  2. Class Mini-Census • Every 5 years: Canadian government conducts a census (a survey of the population) • We will conduct a class mini-census to see how we compare. • On the blank slip of paper provided, answer the following questions: • How many people live in your household? • The average household in Canada has 2.6 people. • What is the age of each person • The median age of Canadians is 37.6. • How many people in your household were born outside Canada? • % of Canadians born outside of Canada is 37%.

  3. Where do we get info about population? • Add to your key terms handout: • Demography: the study of human population • Census: An official government survey of its population, usually taken every 5 or 10 years • The last Statistics Canada census was on May 10, 2011. • Canadians are asked questions about their age, gender, marital status, education, employment, income, ethnicity and more.

  4. Why study a country’s population? • Copy the following in your notebooks: • Demographers study 4 characteristics of a population: • Population numbers: how many people are there? • Population distribution: where are people & why do they live there? • Population trends: how has the population changed? • Population issues: what problems arise related to the population of an area?

  5. Why study a country’s population? • Who uses this information? • Government officials: • Plan services such as roads, hospitals, recreational facilities • Businesses • Plan location of new stores • Social services • Determine need for daycares, shelters, retirement homes • Educators • New schools and programs • Media • Choose news programs, target commercials to audiences

  6. Your Turn Textbook Work: Use the Experience Canada: A Geography textbook Read pages 89-91 Answer questions 1-7 in your notebooks (please note the question #7 is on page 92) Then complete the “Where People Live in Canada” handout package

  7. Works Cited McGraw-Hill Ryerson. “Living in Canada.” Canadian Geography: A Sense of Place. Toronto:2006. Pgs.72-77.

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