Geography 2010A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Interior Plains, Canadian Shield, Dependency Ratio
18 Oct 2014
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2012 population exceeded 35 million and with a projected average annual population increase of. Immigration plays a key role in canada"s population increase. Population distribution: dispersal of people within a geographic area, extremely unevenly distributed across the country. Interior plains: ~13. 2 million canada"s (1/3 of country"s total population) live in this moderately populated zone, major cities. Halifax: some areas: southern alberta and british columbia growing quickly while others newfound & Labrador have experienced slower growth and even population losses: third zone, sparse population but third-most populous zone, narrow band of the boreal forest that stretches across mid-canada, three physiographic regions. Interior plains: less than 1% of all canadians (300,000) live here, only one of canada"s major cities: fort mcmurry, alberta. Resource town: urban place where a single economic activity focused on resource extraction (mining, logging, oil drilling) dominates local economy; single-industry town. Company town built near an isolated mine site to house mine workers and their families.
