CANADIAN LANDFORM REGIONS

Canada can be Divided into 7 Landform Regions: Western Cordillera Interior Plains Canadian Shield Great Lakes- St.Lawrence Lowlands Appalachian Region Hudson Bay- Arctic Lowlands Innuitian Mountains

Landform Regions of Canada

THE CANADIAN SHIELD THE CANADIAN SHIELD REGION COVERS ALMOST HALF OF CANADA (including most of Nunavut, Quebec, Labrador, Ontario, and Manitoba, and a large part of Saskatchewan) THE SHIELD WAS FORMED ABOUT 3 BILLION YEARS AGO

THE CANADIAN SHIELD THE CANADIAN SHIELD WAS FORMED BY VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS THAT MADE MOUNTAINS OUT OF THE SEA THEN GLACIERS ERODED THE MOUNTAINS AND MADE THEM FLAT

Cdn Shield: DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND ROCKY- some of the world’s oldest rocks LOTS OF LAKES LOTS OF TREES LOTS OF RIVERS

Cdn Shield: RESOURCES MINERALS WATER for hydroelectric power TREES

Underground Mining Above ground mining

Hydroelectric Power Damn

Cdn. Shield: POPULATION Most people live in the southern part Population is very scattered Only a few cities have 100,000 people (Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Saguenay) MEDIUM POPULATED

Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands

GREAT LAKES – ST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS SMALLEST LANDFORM REGION THIS IS A LOW-LYING AREA LOCATED NEAR THE GREAT LAKES (ONTARIO AND QUEBEC)

GREAT LAKES – ST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS THIS AREA WAS FORMED FROM THE SEDIMENT THAT WAS ERODED FROM THE CANADIAN SHIELD THE SEDIMENT WAS DEPOSITED INTO THIS AREA AND FILLED UP THE ANCIENT SEAS LATER THE SEDIMENT TURNED INTO SEDIMENTARY ROCK

DESCRIPTION LARGE LAKES TREES FARMLAND MANY LARGE CITIES HAS AN ESCARPMENT (a change in the height of land due to erosion of soft sedimentary rock)- Niagara Falls

RESOURCES SEDIMENTARY ROCK: Limestone rock, shale, and sandstone are mined to provide stone and cement for building industry. SOIL: The area has a lot of great soil for farming. WATER for shipping, commercial fishing, power generation, use in factories, and for drinking

POPULATION HIGHLY POPULATED 2/3 of Canada’s population lives here Major Cities: Greater Toronto and Montreal

THE APPALACHIANS

THE APPALACHIANS

THE APPALACHIANS POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION PLATES COLLIDING CAUSED THE SEDIMENTARY ROCK TO PUSH UPWARD AND MAKE MOUNTAINS THEN EROSION CAUSED THESE MOUNTAINS TO GET SMALLER AND MADE SOME FLAT AREAS

THE APPALACHIANS THE APPALACHIAN REGION IS MADE UP OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NOVA SCOTIA, P.E.I., NEWFOUNDLAND, AND A SMALL PART OF QUEBEC

DESCRIPTION LOW MOUNTAINS & HILLS FLAT PLAINS COASTLINE TREES

RESOURCES FISH: all the provinces are near the Atlantic Ocean catch and sell fish for food. SOIL: P.E.I. and New Brunswick have good soil for growing food (POTATOES!). TREES: for making paper and building things.

POPULATION MEDIUM POPULATION Most people live near the coast 1/10 of Canada’s population lives here There are only 4 cities of 100,000 people: Sherbrooke (Que.), Halifax (N.S.), Saint John (N.B.), and St. John’s (N.F.L.)

INTERIOR PLAINS

INTERIOR PLAINS

INTERIOR PLAINS MOST OF ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN, AND SOME OF NWT AND MANITOBA THE PLAINS ARE MADE UP OF 200-MILLION-YEAR-OLD SEDIMENTARY ROCK THE PLAINS WERE MADE WHEN ANCIENT SEAS WERE FILLED WITH SEDIMENT THAT WAS ERODED FROM THE CANADIAN SHIELD

DESCRIPTION FLAT, WIDE-OPEN AREAS LOTS OF FARM FIELDS

RESOURCES OIL: Edmonton is centre of Canada’s oil industry SOIL : one of the best farming regions in Canada Wheat Cattle OIL: Edmonton is centre of Canada’s oil industry

POPULATION MEDIUM POPULATED Most people live in the south, near the Canada-U.S. border 2 cities in this region have populations close to 1 million: Edmonton and Calgary

WESTERN CORDILLERA

WESTERN CORDILLERA

WESTERN CORDILLERA Cordillera means “Mountains” in Spanish BRITISH COLUMBIA, THE YUKON, AND SMALL PARTS OF ALBERTA AND THE N.W.T. MAKE UP THE WESTERN CORDILLERA DURING THE DINOSAUR AGE, PLATE COLLISIONS CAUSED THE FORMATION OF THE ROCKIES

DESCRIPTIONS LARGE MOUNTAINS -(Rockies) VALLEYS LOTS OF TREES LOTS OF RIVERS

RESOURCES Rich in Minerals and Trees

POPULATION MEDIUM POPULATION Most people live the cities of Vancouver and Victoria 1/8 of Canada’s population lives here

INNUITIANS

INNUITIANS

INNUITIANS Nunavut and the Northwest Territories THE INNUITIANS FORMED WHEN PLATES COLLIDED AND MADE MOUNTAINS THE AREA IS MADE UP OF SEDIMENTARY ROCK

DESCRIPTION LOW MOUNTAINS GLACIERS ROCKY NO TREES

RESOURCES & POPULATION OIL and GAS DEPOSITS ANIMALS for food (hunting) POPULATION LOW POPULATION Most people that live in this region are Inuit

HUNTING

ARCTIC

ARCTIC

ARCTIC SERIES OF ISLANDS IN FAR NORTH MOST OF THE REGION WAS SCRAPED BARE BY MOVING ICE (GLACIERS), THEN DROWNED BY WATER WHEN THE ICE MELTED THE SURFACE OF THE LAND IS VERY ROCKY WITH VERY LITTLE PLANT LIFE

DESCRIPTION MANY ISLANDS VERY ROCKY NOT MANY PLANTS FLAT AND HILLY PARTS

RESOURCES & POPULATION OIL and GAS DEPOSITS ANIMALS (for food) POPULATION VERY LOW POPULATION

Oil Extraction

Hunting