1. Geography of Canada

2. Canada’s population is approximately 33,500,000.
Canada has a MUCH smaller population, on MORE land than the US!
Comparison to the US: about 350,000,000.

3. The People of Canada

4. Canada’s population is ethnically diverse.

5. Native peoples of Canada:
First Nations
Who are the Canadians known
as FIRST NATIONS?
Native peoples of Canada:
Inuit Eskimos

6. French culture
British culture

7. Colonial rivalry between: Great Britain and France
Both countries wanted the money that could be made in Canada from its coastal fisheries and fur trading!
Great Britain
and
France

8. Cultural Influence of Canada
The English have greatly influenced much of Canada’s culture & political system
The French have a strong cultural influence in the province of Quebec!

9. The Geography of Canada

10. Many factors have affected the development and settlement of Canada

11. The climate of Canada is COLD!
The cold climate of Canada…

12. Most Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border!
Reasons for this?

13. A transcontinental railroad was…
The Transcontinental RR of Canada helped connect eastern and western Canada
Helped transport resources, especially gold, from the west back to the capital in the east

14. What is a province? What is a province? 3 1 2 4 5 6 7-10 (#26)
(includes: Newfoundland,
New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia, and
Prince Edward Island) 3 1 2 4 5 6
7-10
(#26)

15. Why are the Territories so SPARSELY populated?
Other characteristics of the Territories???

16. French influence in Quebec
Which of Canada’s provinces strongly reflects
the influence of the French?
French influence in Quebec

17. Montreal, Quebec

18. The Quebecois- who are they?

19. Toronto, Ontario

20. Regionalism
The geography of Canada helps keep regionalism alive for the Canadian people

21. What country strongly influenced Canada’s political system?

22. Structure of the gov’t in Canada
the Canadian
Government

23. Canada’s symbolic head of state
Queen Elizabeth II

24. Canadian
Mountie
Canadian Mountie

25. Canada has abundant natural resources…

26. Where does most of
their oil go? Why?