Grade 9 SS Population Unit

Why There are Where They Are Cities and towns are not established in random places In Atlantic Canada, most cities and towns are located next to natural resources – minerals, rivers, fishing grounds

Exercise 4-1 Population distribution – where people live Mainly along the coast in NS More evenly distributed in PEI

Exercise 4-1 Population density – how closely together people live People / km 2 PEI has a low population, but Canada’s highest population density

Exercise 4-2 Slavery was a part of our Atlantic Canadian history It took place here until the early 1800s Once slavery ended in Canada, many American slaves settled here

Exercise 4-2 Africville was a close- knit Black settlement in North End Halifax Residents were evicted in the 1960s without proper compensation

Exercise 4-3 Some of the other historical events in Atlantic Canada were:  Early French and British settlement  Expulsion of the Acadians  Arrival of Scottish settlers  Arrival of the Loyalists fleeing USA  Arrival of Irish fleeing famine

Exercise 4-4 As of 2006, Atlantic Canada’s population is:  Rapidly aging  Decreasing as a % of Canada’s overall population  Much less likely to be foreign-born than ON, BC and PQ