1. Grade 9 SS Population Unit

2. Why There are Where They Are Cities and towns are not established in random places In Atlantic Canada, most cities and towns are located next to natural resources – minerals, rivers, fishing grounds

3. Exercise 4-1 Population distribution – where people live Mainly along the coast in NS More evenly distributed in PEI

4. Exercise 4-1 Population density – how closely together people live People / km 2 PEI has a low population, but Canada’s highest population density

5. Exercise 4-2 Slavery was a part of our Atlantic Canadian history It took place here until the early 1800s Once slavery ended in Canada, many American slaves settled here

6. Exercise 4-2 Africville was a close- knit Black settlement in North End Halifax Residents were evicted in the 1960s without proper compensation

7. Exercise 4-3 Some of the other historical events in Atlantic Canada were:  Early French and British settlement  Expulsion of the Acadians  Arrival of Scottish settlers  Arrival of the Loyalists fleeing USA  Arrival of Irish fleeing famine

8. Exercise 4-4 As of 2006, Atlantic Canada’s population is:  Rapidly aging  Decreasing as a % of Canada’s overall population  Much less likely to be foreign-born than ON, BC and PQ