1. Global Population Patterns Studying Ecumenes
Ecumene : Land where people have made their permanent home, and to all work areas that are considered occupied and used for economic purpose.

2. Origin of Ecumenes
Humans truly are “creatures of their environment”. The location we live and work is dependent in the interplay of 4 factors:
Economic- resources available , from subsistence to capitalism
Enivironmental –climatic conditions , availability of food and water
Political-Government/Rule
Social-Cultural ties, religious beliefs, personal values
Ecumenes evolve unique characteristics based on the interrealtionships between each factor.

3. Function of Ecumenes
Each ecumene has a dominant function or an economic activity that is responsible for its existence. Examples include: Government Capital Resource Center Manufacturing Center Innovation Center Tourist Destination Cultural Hearth

4. Canada has 5 Major Ecumenes
West Coast
Prairies
Southern Ontario
& Quebec
The Near North
Atlantic Canada
All of Canada’s Ecumenes
are ECONOMIC in function,
meaning they were settled
for economic reasons.

5. The Far North Far North Canada’s far north is populated
But distribution/density is so low
that important decisions
are rarely made in it’s favour
Due to isolation, cultural practices
and government decisions, the
Quality of life in Canada’s far
North are equivilent to the
Developing world
Check out the indicators

6. Function of Ecumenes Ex.
The function often changes over time where the ecumene shifts its economic focus with changing local and international demands.
Ex.
West Coast Resources Tourism/Resource
Prairie Agriculture Energy Extraction/Agriculture
East Coast Fishery Energy Extraction/ Fishery
Ontario/ Quebec Resources Manufacturing
Near North Still Resources !
Far North Subsistence (traditional ways)

7. Canada’s Northern Stats
Life expectancy in the Inuit regions (Inuit Nunangat) is 70.8 years. This is about 10 years lower than in the rest of Canada where it is 80.6 years.

13. only four of 10 young adults living on reserves across the country have finished high school.
seven out of 10 for off-reserve aboriginals and nine out of 10 for non-aboriginals.

14. How Do First Nations Living Conditions Represent a Disparity?

15. Global Ecumenes
Not all Ecumenes are as uniform as Canada’s. The western world is dominated by Commercial Economies which usually form around resources that can be bought and sold in market. Others are subsistence economies where goods are merely exchanged between kinship groups. Becoming rarer every day! Or planned economies which are associated with communist societies where all production and distribution of goods are government controlled. All becoming rare! As the type of economy changes so does the settlement and layout of urban space.

16. Planned Economy

19. Subsistence Economy

21. Commercial Economies

23. Comparing Ecumene Structure
SUBSISTENCE
PLANNED
Environmental
Political
Social Economic
Environmental
Social Economic Political
FACTORS AFFECTING
ECUMENE
STRUCTURE
COMMERICIAL
Economic
Social Environmental Political

24. Global Population Patterns and Trends

25. Outline Global Ecumenes

26. Global Population Predictions

27. World Population Statistics
Go to the class website and open a copy of the population dataset.
Create graphs and use the trends to answer questions on your sheet