1. CANADIAN LANDFORM
REGIONS

2. Canada can be Divided into 7 Landform Regions:
Western Cordillera
Interior Plains
Canadian Shield
Great Lakes- St.Lawrence Lowlands
Appalachian Region
Hudson Bay- Arctic Lowlands
Innuitian Mountains

3. Landform Regions of Canada

4. THE CANADIAN SHIELD
THE CANADIAN SHIELD REGION COVERS ALMOST HALF OF CANADA
(including most of Nunavut, Quebec, Labrador, Ontario, and Manitoba, and a large part of Saskatchewan)
THE SHIELD WAS FORMED ABOUT 3 BILLION YEARS AGO

6. THE CANADIAN SHIELD
THE CANADIAN SHIELD WAS FORMED BY VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS THAT MADE MOUNTAINS OUT OF THE SEA
THEN GLACIERS ERODED THE MOUNTAINS AND MADE THEM FLAT

8. Cdn Shield: DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND
ROCKY- some of
the world’s oldest
rocks
LOTS OF LAKES
LOTS OF TREES
LOTS OF RIVERS

11. Cdn Shield: RESOURCES
MINERALS
WATER for hydroelectric power
TREES

12. Underground Mining
Above ground mining

13. Hydroelectric Power Damn

15. Cdn. Shield: POPULATION
Most people live in the southern part
Population is very scattered
Only a few cities have 100,000 people (Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Saguenay)
MEDIUM POPULATED

16. Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands

17. GREAT LAKES – ST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS
SMALLEST LANDFORM REGION
THIS IS A LOW-LYING AREA LOCATED NEAR THE GREAT LAKES (ONTARIO AND QUEBEC)

18. GREAT LAKES – ST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS
THIS AREA WAS FORMED FROM THE SEDIMENT THAT WAS ERODED FROM THE CANADIAN SHIELD
THE SEDIMENT WAS DEPOSITED INTO THIS AREA AND FILLED UP THE ANCIENT SEAS
LATER THE SEDIMENT TURNED INTO SEDIMENTARY ROCK

21. DESCRIPTION LARGE LAKES TREES FARMLAND MANY LARGE CITIES
HAS AN ESCARPMENT (a change in the height of land due to erosion of soft sedimentary rock)- Niagara Falls

23. RESOURCES
SEDIMENTARY ROCK: Limestone rock, shale, and sandstone are mined to provide stone and cement for building industry.
SOIL: The area has a lot of great soil for farming.
WATER for shipping, commercial fishing, power generation, use in factories, and for drinking

27. POPULATION HIGHLY POPULATED 2/3 of Canada’s population lives here
Major Cities: Greater Toronto and Montreal

28. THE APPALACHIANS

29. THE APPALACHIANS

30. THE APPALACHIANS POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION
PLATES COLLIDING CAUSED THE SEDIMENTARY ROCK TO PUSH UPWARD AND MAKE MOUNTAINS
THEN EROSION CAUSED THESE MOUNTAINS TO GET SMALLER AND MADE SOME FLAT AREAS

32. THE APPALACHIANS
THE APPALACHIAN REGION IS MADE UP OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NOVA SCOTIA, P.E.I., NEWFOUNDLAND, AND A SMALL PART OF QUEBEC

35. DESCRIPTION
LOW MOUNTAINS & HILLS
FLAT PLAINS
COASTLINE
TREES

37. RESOURCES
FISH: all the provinces are near the Atlantic Ocean catch and sell fish for food.
SOIL: P.E.I. and New Brunswick have good soil for growing food (POTATOES!).
TREES: for making paper and building things.

40. POPULATION MEDIUM POPULATION Most people live near the coast
1/10 of Canada’s population lives here
There are only 4 cities of 100,000 people: Sherbrooke (Que.), Halifax (N.S.), Saint John (N.B.), and St. John’s (N.F.L.)

41. INTERIOR PLAINS

42. INTERIOR PLAINS

43. INTERIOR PLAINS
MOST OF ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN, AND SOME OF NWT AND MANITOBA
THE PLAINS ARE MADE UP OF 200-MILLION-YEAR-OLD SEDIMENTARY ROCK
THE PLAINS WERE MADE WHEN ANCIENT SEAS WERE FILLED WITH SEDIMENT THAT WAS ERODED FROM THE CANADIAN SHIELD

46. DESCRIPTION
FLAT, WIDE-OPEN AREAS
LOTS OF FARM FIELDS

49. RESOURCES OIL: Edmonton is centre of Canada’s oil industry
SOIL : one of the best farming regions in Canada
Wheat
Cattle
OIL: Edmonton is centre of Canada’s oil industry

53. POPULATION MEDIUM POPULATED
Most people live in the south, near the Canada-U.S. border
2 cities in this region have populations close to 1 million: Edmonton and Calgary

54. WESTERN CORDILLERA

55. WESTERN CORDILLERA

56. WESTERN CORDILLERA Cordillera means “Mountains” in Spanish
BRITISH COLUMBIA, THE YUKON, AND SMALL PARTS OF ALBERTA AND THE N.W.T. MAKE UP THE WESTERN CORDILLERA
DURING THE DINOSAUR AGE, PLATE COLLISIONS CAUSED THE FORMATION OF THE ROCKIES

59. DESCRIPTIONS LARGE MOUNTAINS -(Rockies) VALLEYS LOTS OF TREES
LOTS OF RIVERS

61. RESOURCES
Rich in
Minerals and
Trees

64. POPULATION MEDIUM POPULATION
Most people live the cities of Vancouver and Victoria
1/8 of Canada’s population lives here

67. INNUITIANS

68. INNUITIANS

69. INNUITIANS Nunavut and the Northwest Territories
THE INNUITIANS FORMED WHEN PLATES COLLIDED AND MADE MOUNTAINS
THE AREA IS MADE UP OF SEDIMENTARY ROCK

72. DESCRIPTION
LOW MOUNTAINS
GLACIERS
ROCKY
NO TREES

75. RESOURCES & POPULATION
OIL and GAS DEPOSITS
ANIMALS for food (hunting)
POPULATION
LOW POPULATION
Most people that live in this region are Inuit

76. HUNTING

78. ARCTIC

79. ARCTIC

80. ARCTIC SERIES OF ISLANDS IN FAR NORTH
MOST OF THE REGION WAS SCRAPED BARE BY MOVING ICE (GLACIERS), THEN DROWNED BY WATER WHEN THE ICE MELTED
THE SURFACE OF THE LAND IS VERY ROCKY WITH VERY LITTLE PLANT LIFE

83. DESCRIPTION MANY ISLANDS VERY ROCKY NOT MANY PLANTS
FLAT AND HILLY PARTS

86. RESOURCES & POPULATION
OIL and GAS DEPOSITS
ANIMALS (for food)
POPULATION
VERY LOW POPULATION

87. Oil Extraction

88. Hunting