1. Canada’s Landform Regions

2. Landform Region Map

3. Western Cordillera Description Rugged/young mountains 2 major ranges
Fast flowing rivers
Rock Type
Sedimentary with some igneous and metamorphic
A glacier-fed lake in Jasper National Park in Alberta

4. Western Cordillera Formation Folding (Rocky Mts)
Volcanic (Coastal Mts)
Lava flows (interior Plateaus)
Mountains of the Yukon.
Notice the jagged peaks. If
you looks carefully, you will
also see glaciers.

5. Western Cordillera Human Activities Forestry Transportation Tourism
Fishing

6. Interior Plains Description Flat to rolling plains
3 levels separated by escarpments
Deep river valleys
Rock Type
Sedimentary

7. Interior Plains Formation Deposition of sediment into ancient seas
Glaciation
Differential erosion to form escarpments
Farmland near the Red River in Southern Manitoba

8. Interior Plains Human Activities Agriculture (wheat) Oil and gas
Potash mining
Cattle ranching

9. Canadian Shield Description Oldest rock
Relatively flat with rounded hills
Thousands of lakes
Saucer shaped
Rock type
Igneous and Metamorphic
A boulder in the Northwest Territories.
It was deposited here by a retreating glacier.

10. Canadian Shield Formation Volcanic mountains (igneous rock)
Erosion leveled mountains
Glaciers scraped soil and made lakes.
Notice the scratches in the
rock. They were caused by
Glaciers retreating.

11. Canadian Shield Human Activities Mining metallic minerals
Tourism & recreation

12. Hudson Bay Lowlands Description Flat, low and swampy. Rock Type
A wetland known as a muskeg in Northern Manitoba
Description
Flat, low and swampy.
Rock Type
Sedimentary

13. Hudson Bay Lowlands Formation
Sediment deposited under glacial melt water
Human Activities
None

14. Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands
Description
Flat plains to rolling hills
Great Lakes
St Lawrence = rift valley
Rock Type
Sedimentary (some igneous in St. Lawrence region)

15. Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands
Formation
Sediment deposited into shallow ancient seas
Glaciation
St Lawrence Rifting Valley
A typical farm in Ontario

16. Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands
Human Activities
Agriculture = Farming
Tourism
Manufacturing
Urbanization

17. Appalachian Mountains
Description
Oldest highland
Rolling mountains and hills
Wide glacial valleys
Long deep coastal inlets
Rock Type
Sedimentary with some igneous and metamorphic

18. Appalachian Mountains
Formation
Collision of plates = Folding
Some volcanic activity
Eroded rounded mountains
Human Activities
Fishing
Agriculture

19. Arctic Lowlands Description Islands, gently rolling hills Rock Type
Sedimentary
Tundra in Nunavut. Notice the flat land and strewn rocks.

20. Arctic Lowlands Formation
Sedimentary rock scraped bare by glaciers (deposition)
Human Activities
Oil and Natural Gas exploration and drilling

21. Innuitian Mountains Description Rugged, ice covered mountains
Rock Type
Sedimentary with some igneous and metamorphic
The dramatic cliffs of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut.

22. Innuitian Mountains Formation Collision of plates = folding
Some Volcanic activity
Human Activities
Oil and Natural Gas