CITB01H3 Lecture Notes - Lower Mainland, Fordism, Golden Horseshoe
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1 urban system all cities within one urban system. Intra-urban structure structure of environment within cities. Resource extraction in canada (trading: fur (interest to british, france, europeans) Staples theory explain canadian development by looking at staples: fur is relatively small, so not many people are needed, thus not much settlement. Quebec city and montreal were the largest cities in canada. Decline in fur exports, because lumber became the largest export. Larger ships were needed to carry lumber exports increase of immigrants. Cut down trees clearing of land land to build homes. Toronto grew significantly golden horseshoe: became commercial centre. Compact area, because mode of transportation was walking. 1851 population of 2. 5 million: usa population was 10x larger, and keeps at a constant 10x. Cities grew, but still compact (walking was still mostly used, and carriages were still a luxury) Later industrialization than other places like the uk, europe, and usa. American expansion pushing canada"s western connection.