Advanced World Geography

• Includes: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador.

• Shipping industry, hydroelectricity, fishing • Tourism: hiking, camping due to rocky terrain

• Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Northern Quebec and the most extreme tip of Labrador and Newfoundland

• the only landscape where there is permafrost (the ground is frozen all year). In the summer the top layer of the landscape ( a few centimeters) may thaw and this often forms lakes or swamps . The permafrost directly effects the types of housing or shelter and transportation.

• icecaps or glaciers, fjords, barren tundra, pingos (huge mounds of solid ice ) treeline, northern lights (aurora borealis) and the polar ice pack (permanently frozen sea ice) are just a few of the unique features found in this landscape

• the unique tilt of our Earth's axis gives this region 6 months of constant sunlight and then 6 months of continual darkness

• Has the lowest human population in Canada• Hunting, trapping and fishing• Oil rigs off the coast• Aboriginal people

• The Plains region is in between the Cordillera and the Great Canadian Shield. It is found in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba

• generally flat in elevation• population tends to be greater in the southern

region of the plains• climate is generally dry• farming is extremely important. Crops such as

wheat, barley, oats, flax, canola, mustard, potatoes, corn and sugar beets

• mining of fuel products like oil, natural gas, coal , potash copper, zinc, gold and uranium is crucial

• Lumber

The Plains Region of Canada

• includes the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador (Labrador only).

• It mainly is rock that was once mountains millions of years ago• population is lower in these areas of Canada because of the climate,

landscape & lack of a transportation system• Not good for farming, due to the rocky terrain, & depth of soil is

shallow• Hunting and trapping are large industries• Mining• Hydroelectricity due to an abundance of water sources• Tourism: fish, camp, hike, hunt, swim, water ski, canoe, boat,

horseback ride, cycle, go on nature walks

The Canadian Shield

• located on the west coast of Canada and includes British Columbia, the Yukon, southwest Alberta and part of North West Territories

• Cordillera’s coast is mild, wet and rarely has snow that stays• The interior of the Cordillera is usually colder and dryer with

larger amounts of snow. In the summer, it is warmer and there is less rain

• The landscape of the Cordillera has long chains of high rugged mountains. This includes the Rocky Mountains and the Coastal Mountains

• The natural resources of the Cordillera are forestry (this is the biggest industry in the region), agriculture, mining (iron, lead, zinc, silver, copper and nickel) and fisheries (the west coast is famous for salmon).

• Most of the people in the Cordillera live in extreme south lowlands [Vancouver] and southern plateau due to the warmer climate.

The Cordillera Region