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7.3 - Subregions of Canada
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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.