1. Chapter 3 Population

2. Surface area of Canada
Canada is the second largest country in the world (after Russia)
Canada covers 9 million square kilometers (km2)

3. Population
Population of Canada: (Q3, 2016) – 1/10 of the population of the United States
Toronto is the largest city: 2.6 millions
Montreal: 1.65 million
Vancouver: 0.6 million
Ottawa: 1 million
Greater Saint John area:

4. Canada’s population growth
Birth rate is very low (1.64 children for each female) –
12 births for every 100 people
The death rate is 7.1 people per
The infant mortality rate is 6 deaths per births
Life expectancy for males is years
for females is 83 years
The annual population growth is 0,9 %
This is mainly due to immigration.
Every year there is an average of 6.2 immigrants per people.

5. Populated regions
90% of Canadians live 200 kilometers from the US border
80% of Canadians live in urban regions (cities and town)

6. According to statistics from 2000 :
British descent: 28% of population.
French: 23%.
Eastern European: 15%.
First nations: 2%.
About 6% are Asians, Arabs, Africans and Hispanics.
The rest (26%) are of mixed ancestry

9. Link to 2012 Canada Year book :