Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Zero Population Growth, Ethnocentrism, Hutterite
3 Mar 2014
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Canada"s population: today, the population of canada is estimated to be 35 million, at the time of confederation, the population was 3. 4 million, we have seen a steady increase in the population size since 1951 (table 4. 5). Every second census (10 years), the population increases about 3 million (healthy growth): only 10% of countries have a population higher than canada (we are just small in comparison to the u. s with 9x as many people) Current population trends: the rate of natural increase is declining. This is because people are having fewer kids: the population is aging. This will be a problem for our generation in the future. There is a high birth rate among the aboriginal population. Highest growth is occurring in ontario (constant since confederation), b. c (attracted to landscape), alberta and saskatchewan (mainly due to oil and pot ash industries) This means that we make good use of the land that we have.
