Urban and Rural Canada: Building Sustainable Communities

URBANIZATION The growing trend in increasing numbers of people living in cities.

URBAN Built-up environments that usually have a high population density.

RURAL Areas with a low population density located in the countryside outside towns and cities.

LAND USE The different ways that people use the land (e.g, industry, commercial, residential).

Different Types of Communities HAMLET

HAMLET: A community with a population of fewer than 200 people. Example: ________________ Cambridge Bay

VILLAGE

VILLAGE: A community with a population of around 200 to 800 people. Example: Kars, Ontario

TOWN

TOWN: A community with a population of around 1000 to 10 000 people. Example: Richmond, Ontario

CITY

A community with a population greater than 10 000 people. Example: Kingston, Ontario

CENSUS METROPOLITAN AREA

CMA: A community with  a population greater than 100 000 people, consisting of one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a large urban core. Example: Greater Toronto Area (GTA)

RESOURCE-BASED COMMUNITY

RESOURCE-BASED COMMUNITIES: Communities that are built around a primary resource. Example: SUDBURY, Ontario

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Different Types of Urban Land Use RESIDENTIAL LAND USE

RESIDENTIAL LAND USE: Land that is used for housing. Example: A house

TRANSPORTATION LAND USE

TRANSPORTATION LAND USE: The land that is used for transportation systems including parking lots and airports. Example: A Train Station

COMMERCIAL LAND USE

COMMERCIAL LAND USE: Land that is used for business activities. Example: A grocery store

INSTITUTIONAL LAND USE

INSTITUTIONAL LAND USE: The land that is occupied by schools, hospitals, places of worship and government offices. Example: South Carleton High School

INDUSTRIAL LAND USE

INDUSTRIAL LAND USE: That land that is occupied by factories, warehouses and other secondary industries. Example: Steel Mill Plant

OPEN SPACE LAND USE

OPEN SPACE LAND USE: The land that is left in its natural state. Example: A Conservation Area

RECREATIONAL LAND USE

RECREATIONAL LAND USE: The land that is used for recreational activities (playgrounds, parks and golf courses). Example: Richmond Fair Grounds

OTHER FACTORS AFFECTING LAND USE

ZONING Bylaws are laws that control the kind and amount of development in an area I.e. the city can’t build a garbage dump beside your house

Climate News flash- Canada is cold- this needs to be taken into consideration when building a city Cities like Montreal and Toronto have underground cities (walkways under ground) Another solution is indoor shopping malls

Urban Expansion Cities grow and grow and grow and grow- due to increasing population and industry The growth of a city is called “Urban Sprawl” Due to the increase in ubran sprawl we are seeing “new urbanism” come into play

GREEN Belt (we have one!)

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