Subregions of CanadaSubregions of Canada

Atlantic Provinces

• Consists of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland

Rather small areas and small populations

• Rugged terrain not good for farming.

• Two main enterprises of the subregion are logging and fishing.

• New Brunswick has dense forests.

• The Gulf of St. Lawrence has good fishing.

Core Provinces

• Quebec and Ontario Quebec

Ontario

• Canada’s heartland

• 60% of Canada’s population lives in these two provinces.

• Ontario is English, Quebec is French

• Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, is located in Ontario

• Also Canada’s largest city.

• Second largest city, Montreal, is in Quebec.

• Ontario and Quebec power the Canadian economy.

• Where most the industry is due to its location to the Great Lakes the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Ottawa

Montreal

Prairie Provinces

• Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta

• Canada’s breadbasket

• Where about half of Canada’s crops are grown.

• Over half of the minerals also come from this subregion.

• Very diverse

Pacific Province

• British Columbia is the province.

• It has three territories named Yukon, Northwest, and Nunavut territories.

• Heavily forested

• ¾ of it is frozen tundra, snowfields, and glaciers (it’s icy!)

• Two largest cities are Vancouver and Victoria.

• Vancouver is Canada’s largest port

• Why?

• It’s on the Pacific coast! Goods come in from the U.S. and across the Pacific.

• Does $43 billion worth of trade with 90 countries every year.

• Vancouver is also the 3rd largest film production center for U.S. productions in North America after Hollywood and New York City.

The Territories

• Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut

Yukon

Northwest Territories

Nunavut

• Cover 41% of Canada, but the geography is rugged.

• Means it is rather sparsely populated. That 41% of the land contains just 0.3% of Canada’s population.