1. The relationship between the Environment of Canada and the Economy
The physical regions of Canada

2. Things to think about . . . What is a region? What is the “economy”?
Why do people live / settle where they do? Why do cities form in 1 area and not another?
How does the physical geography affect the economy?
How does human activity affect the environment?

3. Natural Regions of Canada
What are the natural Regions of Canada?
The natural ecosystems (See p. 29/ 30 in Horizons for map and description chart)
What impact will these regions have on the economy?
What impact will human activity have on the environment?

4. Climate Regions of Canada
What are the Climate Regions of Canada?
Climate: the temperatures, humidity, rainfall, and atmospheric conditions of a region over a long period of time
Regions have similar temperature and precipitation
See p. 26 in Horizons for map
What impact will these regions
have on the Economy?
What impact will human activity have on the Climate?

5. What does this chart mean?

6. Physical Regions of Canada
What are the Physical Regions of Canada?
Formal regions based on landforms (See p. 16 in Horizons for map, p. 18 – 23 for descriptions)

7. Example: Region: Cordillera Provinces in this region? Landforms?
Provinces in this region?
Landforms?
Water forms?
How was this region formed?
What resources are here?
What economic activity is here? BC
Yukon
Parallel rocky and coast mountain ranges
Volcanoes, glaciers
Valleys, rivers, ocean
Plate tectonics formed the mountains
Eroded by rivers, sediment creates fertile land by Ocean
Minerals – copper, gold, coal
Forests
Fertile soil
fish
Mining
Logging
Fisheries
Agriculture
Port city
tourism

8. Plate Tectonics
Pangea
Subduction
Sea-floor spreading

9. Geography and Settlement patterns (p. 35)
Why do people settle where they do?

10. Where do most Canadians live?
Why?
Along US Border
In Southern Part of Canada (US boarder)
In towns & Cities
Higher population in Ontario & Quebec

11. Why do people settle (live) where they do?
1. Physical landscape and Climate
Flat, enough rain/ water, good soil, mild winter
Ideal for Urbanization
2. Economics
Go to where work is (ex. Resource town Fort McMurray’s Oil Sands, the US boarder, ports or harbours, etc.)
Vulnerable to boom/ bust
3. Cultural Groupings
Immigrants go to areas like homeland, where others of ethnic group are

12. The Human impact – p