Transcript The Regions Of Canada

The Regions Of Canada
(Amazing Canada Project)
By: Lucas Moore
• The land was made by the Juan de Fuca Plate
going under the North America Plate to
create the mountains we have in the
cordillera.
The natural resources in the Cordillera region:
Coal, Trees, Fish, Metals, Fast Rivers and Large lakes
for hydro electric dams. Farming land, Grapes, potato
, vineyards.
Cordillera:
Cordillera Region
The Cordillera Region goes from 50 North
To 70 North Latitude and 120 West to
140 West
The Cordillera Region Goes from the states all the through
B.C. and finishes in the Yukon. The terrain has lots of
mountains, tress, and a lot of lakes.
Agriculture & Fishing
Cordillera Region
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2, 064, 000
Agriculture
Oil & Gas
305, 100
4, 561, 000
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Forestry, Mining, Fishing, Oil, & Gas
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372, 600
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Services
1711, 00
152, 418, 000
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Services
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13, 718, 000
Manufacturing
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Manufacturing
5459, 20
Forestry
1, 672, 000
Settlement Cordillera Region
Most people settle in the cordillera region go to the lower main land or
Vancouver island, most people settle there because it isn’t as cold as the rest of
the cordillera and its flat so your able to build big cities.
In the picture more people go were
its warmest, the reason why up north
from Vancouver people don’t live
because the land is to bumpy from
the mountains
Interior Plains Region
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The Interior Plains Region extends from 100 W
To 120 W and 50 N to 70 N
The Interior Plains Region
stretches from the bottom of
Alberta to Nunavut and the
Yukon
Interior Plains Region
• The Interior Plains Region is very
flat for Farming land.
• The tallest hill/Mountain in the
interior plains region is only 40
feet high
Interior Plains Region
The Interior Plains natural recourses are non-metallic
minerals and gas deposits. Oil, gas gypsum, coal.
The interior plains terrain got formed from rivers and lakes from
the Canadian Shield washed up in the interior plains making a flat
land for farming
Employment and GDP
Good Producing Centre
632,400
Agriculture 62,700
Forestry ,Fishing, etc.…
156,200
Manufacturing 135,100
Education Services 136,900
Health Care 266,000
Construction 10%
Agriculture 1.9%
Health 5.0%
Education 3.6%
Retail And Wholesale 8.7%
Manufactering 6.9
Settlement in the Interior Plains
Most people live in the warmer areas in the interior plains or in the
bigger cities like Edmonton and Calgary.
Some people live down south more just so its warmer for agriculture.
The most populated area in the interior plains is Calgary.
Artic Region
• The artic region land
was formed from over
a million years ago
when ice covered the
region
The interior plains terrain has lots of mountains And it’s a very icy terrain
Artic Region
• The artic region extends from 50 north to 50 west.
• It extends from northern B.C. to Nunavut.
Artic Region
There is little settlement in the Artic region because the climate is so cold
but the most people stay in Whitehorse because the climate is warmer
then the other places in the Artic Region.
Artic region
Fishing, Hunting, Trapping, Mining and Quarrying
442
3.6
Construction
683
5.5
Retail and Wholesale Trade
1,608
12.9
Transportation and Warehousing
950 7.6
Accommodation and Food Services
442 49.5
Government, Health and Education
6,158 14.3
Natural Resources Artic Region
The resources in the Artic Region of Canada.
nickel, copper, coal, gold, uranium, tungsten, and diamonds
Canadian Shield Region
The Canadian Shield was formed over 2.5 billion years ago before the
Canadian shield was just a large area of mountains.
The Canadian Shield is a rocky surface that is above sea-level.
Canadian Shield
The natural resources in the Canadian Shield are Nickle, Gold, and
Copper.
Canadian Shield
Agriculture
76,600
2.1
Fishing, Mining, ect
46.800
1.5
Manufacturing
747,400
-1.4
Service Producing Centre
5,538,400
0.1
Canadian Shield Region
Most people in the Canadian Shield Region like
to settle were it is warmer like by the States.
The further you go north in the Canadian Shield Region the less
people you will find living in that area.
Canadian Shield Region
The Canadian Shield Region extends from southern Canada to Nunavut
The Canadian Shield Region location is. 50 North to 90 North and 90
West to 60 West
St. Lawrence Low Lands Region
The Land of the St. Lawrence Low Lands was formed by a glacier that
was over it started to melt and made the great lakes around the land
and formed it.
St Lawrence Low Lands
Agriculture
76,700
2.1
Fishing Forestry ect….
46,800
1.5
Manufacturing
747,400
-1.4
Service Producing
5,358,400
0.1
St Lawrence Low-lands
The natural resources iron ore, zinc, silver, coal, copper and lead.
St Lawrence Low Lands.
The St Lawrence Low Lands region extends from the us/Canada
border all the way up throu Ontario and Quebec.
The St Lawrence Low Lands location is. 60 West To 70 West and 50
North to 60 North.
St Lawrence Low Lands
Most people in the St Lawrence Lowlands settle south because it is
warmer than the other places . Toronto, Ottawa are the most populated
areas in the St Lawrence Low Lands.
Appalachian Region
The Appalachian Region was formed when
the North American Plate went over the
Ocean Plate to create a bumpy area full of
mountains
Appalachian Region
Agriculture
5,200
5.9
Forestry, Fishing, ect…
12,000
10.2
Manufacturing
28,200
7.6
Education
36,300
2.3
Health Care
72,000
1.4
Appalachian Region
The resources in the Appalachian Region are coal and fish. Zinc, lead,
potash, salt, asbestos, copper and gold.
Appalachian Region
The Appalachian Region extends from PEI all the way to St. Johns.
The Location of the Appalachian Region is 50 West to 60 West and 50
north to 60 north
Most people in the
Appalachian settle
were its warmer like
Halifax and st johns.
The colder it gets in
the Appalachian the
less people