Grade 9 Social Studies
Canadian Identity
Chapter 3 Review
Canada’s People
Chapter 3: Canada’s People
Terms (notes or textbook)
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Population Distribution
Site Factors
Seigneurial system
Corridors
Urbanization
Infrastructure
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Archipelago effect
Situation factors
Township system
Industrial Revolution
Rural to Urban Drift
Hierarchy
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Population Density
Relocation
Sections
Rural
Urban
Megacities
Core and Periphery
Archipelago Effect. Where are the islands of population found in Canada and
Why? Pg. 43
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How can Canada’s Population Density be misleading when we talk about Canada’s
Population? (See Activity: How Many People Live There)
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What is the difference between Site Factors and Situation Factors in regard to the location
of human settlement? Give examples. Pg. 45 and Settlement Patterns Activity
What advantages do the following have on the location of Human Settlement? Pg. 45
i)
Bridges
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Confluence
iii)
Head of Navigation
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Island / Peninsula
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Sheltered Harbour
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Resources
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Give a brief description of the following Settlement patterns. Pg 47 and Settlement Patterns
Activity
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b)
Seigneurial System
Township system
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Account for the growth/decline of cities and rural areas in Canada using site and situation factors,
rural-to-urban drift and the industrial revolution. Pg 48-51 and Growth/Decline Activity
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What are the four categories that regions can be classified. Briefly describe each and give
examples? Pg. 53-54 and Canada’s Political Regions Activity
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Megacities. What are megacites and what are some of the problems associated with them? Pg. 51
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Figure 3.12 – Canada’s political regions – KNOW THE MAP from the assignment and Page 53
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Regional Characteristics (See Assignment )
Region
The North
British Columbia
The Prairies
Central Canada
Atlantic Canada
Key Industries
Natural Resources
Location
Physical/Cultural
9. Making Comparisons Students will have to complete a Venn Diagram similar to that of p.60 and
Canada’s Political Regions activity
Additional Notes:
Chapter 3 - Canada’s People
This chapter investigates where people live in Canada and why?
Population Distribution - describes where people have chosen to live in the particular
country
Archipelago Effect - a term used to describe Canada’s pockets of settlements as a
group of Islands.
Population Density - a measure of how closely together people live in a given area or
country
Population Density Formula
Divide the number of people in the area by its size this gives an average number per
square kilometer
Canada’s population density is 3.1 Compared to Netherlands which has more than
400 per square kilometer
This is an example of how population density can be misleading. There are large
areas of Canada that are not populated but are in the equation
Population Pockets in Canada with over 100 people per Square Kilometer
Vancouver
Toronto to Hamilton
Montréal
Ottawa
Québec
Site Factors - the features of the physical landscape that attract people to an area.
Situation Factors – factors involving the relationship of a place to other places
Settlement Patterns
Most of Canada’s population patterns are a result of the interaction of history and
culture with the physical landscape.
Relocation – a force movement of group of people
Seigneurial System - a system of land holding that was used in France and later and
Québec: lead to a settlement pattern of a long narrow lots facing rivers and roads.
Township System - used in Ontario based on square blocks of 100 acres.
Sections – a process of dividing the land used when settling the prairies.
Growth and Decline of Settlements
Classified - to arrange things or ideas into groups based on shared qualities
Communities are often classified based on the services they provide
Corridors – an area of urban development that extends from a large city, or after a
long major highway
Rural - describes those areas, often agriculture, that are located outside towns and
cities.
1881, three out of every four Canadians lived in a rural settlement: then Canada went
through an industrial revolution – the transition of an economy based on agriculture to
one based on manufacturing. People started to move to urban areas.
Urban – describes towns and cities with a population of 1000 or more, or at least 400
people per square kilometer.
Rural to Urban Drift – the move of people from rural to urban areas.
By 1939, more than half of Canada’s population was in urban areas.
Urbanization – the process by which a rural area becomes urban has increased
Megacities - are very large urban areas that face difficulties, such as overcrowding,
Environmental problems, and deteriorating infrastructure.
Canada: a Regional Perspective
Regional Analysis - is a tool used by geographers: Where characteristics of a region
can be broken down into four categories :
1) location
2) physical culture and characteristics
3) political perspective
4) hierarchy: a system of ranking one thing over on another: in geography, the ranking
of smaller regions within larger regions are an example of hierarchy.
Chart page 52
Learn all 5 regions: also choose one aspect of location, Physical/Cultural Attributes,
Political Perspectives, Hierarchy.
Make your own chart, and learn it.
Core and periphery - comparing the most developed part of the region to the areas
around them, and the relationshipthey have.
Core - the most developed nucleus of a geographic region, usually has greatest wealth
and population density.
Periphery - of is all of the areas outside the core. Often referred to as a "hinterland".