1. Chapter 16 An Introduction to the Study of Population

2. Changes in Population Demography is the study of human populations. Studying demography can help you understand the population geography of Canada and other countries. Population can change a number of ways. Immigration, Emigration, Births and deaths all affect population totals.

3. Using rates not numbers I t is pointless to directly compare two countries total number of births since the population of all countries are very different. For example Canada has about 906 children being born per day, while Russia has about 3836 children born/day. Looking at these figures may be very misleading, as Russia has 143 million people while Canada has only 32 million people. instead we must understand the relationship between the number of births and the size of the population.

4. We use measurements for comparison purposes. The birth rate of a country measures the number of births per year for every 1000 people. The death rate is used to measures the number of deaths per year for every 1000 people. Birth rate = Total Births/population X 1000 Death rate = Total Deaths/population X 1000 Using these measurements, demographers are able to compare two different countries birth and death rates to better understand the data for each country.

5. Key Terms Chapter 16 Immigrate Emigrate Demography Birth Rate Death Rate Natural Increase Rate Immigration Rate Emigration Rate Net Migration Rate Population Growth Rate Doubling Time Rule Of 70 Dependency load Population Pyramid

6. Calculate the birth, death rates, and Natural Increase for all the provinces. ProvinceTotal Births Total Deaths Total Population Birth RateDeath Rate Natural Increase NFLD4,4804,765509,739 PEI1,3971,217142,266 NS8,8108,840942,506 NB7,0446,743751,755 PQ88,40057,6007,907,375 ONT141,78494,86013,210,667 MAN15,99010,4431,235,412 SASK14,1229,3701,045,622 ALB52,93722,0063,720,946 BC44,49731,1744,530,960 YUK36620834,525 NWT73918643,759 NUN81614433,220

7. 2. Which province has the highest birthrate? __________________________________________________________ 3. Which Province has the lowest death Rate? __________________________________________________________ 4. Which province had the highest natural increase? __________________________________________________________ 5. Which province (s) had a natural decrease? __________________________________________________________ 6. List several reasons why some provinces may have a higher birth rate then others. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________