INTERACTIONS WITH THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

Canada’s Population Patterns

Mind’s On• What is a CMA?

• Where are the majority of Canada’s CMAs? Why?

• Relatively speaking, between which latitude lines do the majority of Canadians live?

• Do you think Canada’s population is increasing or decreasing? How do you figure that out?

People Patterns in Canada• Big country, small population

• We live in a few very large cities and a few kind of big cities

• Most of Canada is uninhabited or “sparsely inhabited”

• Canadians live very close to the Canada- USA Border

People Patterns and Terminology

• Continuous Ecumene- the part of the country where there is continuous, permanent settlement

• Discontinuous Ecumene- the part of the country where there are significant patches of settlement

Textbook work

•Go to page 24- 25

Does it matter is areas far from large cities lose population?

Rural Settlement Patterns• The majority of settlement in Canada occurs in CMA’s-

areas of 100,000 in habitants that covers (sometimes) large cities and their smaller outlying towns/villages

• Rural settlement patterns have been affected by a few factors:

Rural Settlement Factors- Resources• Resources- people were attracted by resources to

particular areas- - Agricultural- how do farms affect settlement patterns?

- Commercial fishing- how would fishing affect the settlement patterns?

- Mining- how might mining affect settlement patterns?

Rural Settlement Factors- Transportation

• Methods of early travel change the settlement patterns

• If water is used for travel it will affect how people settled an area

• Modern transportation methods have changed where and why people live where they do….examples?

A. Dispersed population B. Concentrated C. Linear Pattern

Rural Settlement Factors- Government

• In some areas the government of Canada influenced where people lived

• Southern Ontario (here) for example was settled when the government created a survey system- a pattern of roads and lots

• Best way to look at settlement patterns is on maps- best maps for rural and urban areas- TOPOGRAHIC MAPS

• This is called a large scale map- shows a large amount of detail in a small area

Topographic Maps• Military Grid system- light blue lines- light blue numbers

on the sides of the border

• READ RIGHT FIRST

• Try this: what is found at 832348

Topographic Maps• Title

• What settlement type is indicated by this map? Why?

• What are some obvious factors that have led to the settlement of this area?

• Try this: what is found at 832348