1. Ch. 7-3 Subregions of Canada
Objective: Compare and contrast the regions of Canada

3. The Atlantic Provinces
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland

4. Harsh land and small populations
Rugged terrain and severe weather
White Point, Nova Scotia

5. The Core Provinces Quebec and Ontario Heartland of Canada
60% of population

6. Political and Economic Center
Ottawa, Ontario-capital of Canada
70% of Canada’s manufacturing
Toronto and Montreal-large cities
Toronto
Old Montreal

7. Toronto at night
Montreal

8. The Prairie Provinces Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta
Canada’s Breadbasket-part of the Great Plains
50% of agricultural production
Culturally diverse

9. The Pacific Province and the Territories
British Columbia-almost entirely within the Rockies
Yukon T.
Northwest T.
Nunavut

10. BC-Vancouver is Canada’s largest port Territories:
Logging, mining, hydroelectric
Territories:
41% of land
Low population
Nunavut is home to Inuit people
Nunavut
Yukon Territory

11. Yukon Territory

12. Fall landscape, Eastern Yukon Territory, Northern Canada, mountain landscape, pine, Quiet Lake, South Canol Road

13. Northwest Territories
Picture of Blackford Lake Northwest Territories Canada

14. Yellowknife
Public ice road
On the Great Slave Lake

15. Nunavut – “Our Land”

16. Iqaluit-capital city of Nunavut

17. Iqaluit-population 6,100

18. Discussion Questions
What province or territory would you most like to live in and why?
Imagine that the United States bought all of Canada. What would be the advantages and disadvantages to such an acquisition? Think economically, socially, politically, geographically, etc.

19. Life in the Northern Territories