1. Canada’s Settlement Patterns
Where do Canadians live?

2. Population Discussion
Where would you like to live in Canada?
Why?
Based on these responses, where do most Canadians live?
Examples:
14 million people live in the Mixedwood Plains
300 people live in the Taiga Cordillera
Therefore, settlement patterns in Canada vary from large cities to farming areas to vast areas where few people live.

3. Population Change in Canada
Urbanization in Canada 
Over the past 150 years, the ratio of Canadians living in urban areas vs. rural areas has reversed itself:

4. Why Has This Happened?
A) Push Factors: - Mechanization of farms, forestry, mining, etc. meant fewer jobs available in rural areas.
B) Pull Factors: - Jobs & wealth are increasingly concentrated in the cities
New immigrants are generally professionals and want to live in cities

5. What is the result? Canada's population is unevenly spread out
Canada's settlement pattern is linear (US border)
Over 90% of Canadians live within a 6 hour drive of the United States
Almost 90% of Canada is empty of human settlement (less than 0.4 people / km2)

6. Population Density = Population  Area Brampton's Population Density
A mathematical measure of the number of people living in each square kilometre of land.  
A measure of "how crowded" a place is.
It tells us nothing about where people live.
Population Density = Population  Area
 Canada's Population Density
= people  km2
 3.1 people / km2
Brampton's Population Density 
= people  km2
 1575 people / km2

7. Population Distribution
Describes the pattern of where people live in a region or country
Environmental and human factors can affect the distribution (i.e. water bodies, hills, railways, resource deposits, etc.).
Each of these areas has a population density of 4 people / km2, but their population distribution is different
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