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Canada’s People I

Unit 2 - Chapter 3. Canada’s People I. Canada’s Human Landscape. Canada is one of the world’s largest countries, but its population is relatively small. Many geographic factors have influenced where Canadians choose to live today. Population Distribution.

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Canada’s People I

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  1. Unit 2 - Chapter 3 Canada’s People I Canada’s Human Landscape • Canada is one of the world’s largest countries, but its population is relatively small. • Many geographic factors have influenced where Canadians choose to live today.

  2. Population Distribution • Population distribution describes where people have chosen to live in a particular country. • They may want to live near an ocean, in an agricultural, or even forested area. Population Density • Population density is a tool used by geographers to analyze how closely together people live in a country or area. • It is defined as the average number of people occupying an area.

  3. Site and Situation • When studying the location and growth of towns and cities, geographers use two main categories. • Site factors are the physical features of the landscape, such as fertile soil, abundant trees, plentiful fish, or the presence of minerals, that attract people to a particular area. • Whether these sites will grow into towns and cities depends on situation factors. • Situation factors involve a site's relationship to other places – economic, or political.

  4. Settlement Pattern • At the time of European contact the Maliseet lived in New Brunswick. • The Mi’kmaq lived on the Gaspé Peninsula, PEI, and Nova Scotia and on the northern and eastern coasts of NB. • The Passamaquoddy lived in the southwestern corner of NB and in Maine. • The Innu Nation inhabited the interior eastern portion of Quebec, north through Labrador. • Long-term contact between First Nations and Europeans almost always led to the relocation of the First Nations.

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