1. Urban and Rural Settlements

5. What Am I? Rural or Urban?

6. What Am I? Rural or Urban?

7. Definition: Rural
Settlement of areas outside cities and towns where population density is low. Economic activities are farming, mining, forestry…

8. List some rural regions/places in Canada
Prairies, Arctic, Canadian Shield
Flamborough
Niagara on the Lake
Northern BC,
Woodstock
Burlington – north of Hwy 5

9. Definition: Urban
Settlement of areas inside towns and cities greater than Population density is high. Economic activities are manufacturing, banking, government services, retail…

10. What are the 4 largest cities in Canada?
4 Ottawa-Gatineau – 1 million
3 Vancouver million
2 Montreal million
1 Toronto million

11. What Am I? Rural or Urban?
SUBURBAN
URBAN
RURAL
FRINGE

12. What Am I? Rural or Urban?
Sub Urban  Areas that are mostly urban but have some rural characteristics (ex. Burlington).
Fringe  Areas that are mostly rural but have some urban characteristics.

13. Urban = city + high population Rural = towns + low population
What Am I? Rural or Urban?
Urban = city + high population Rural = towns + low population

14. Positives/Negatives of Urban living
Jobs
Entertainment
Services
Access
Negatives
Crime
Poverty
Crowded
Pollution
Traffic
Expensive

15. Positives + Negatives of Rural living
Clean air
Nature
Low rent
Grow own food
Negatives
Isolation
Low wages
Hard work
Lack of services

16. Urbanization
The process from which an area changes from being rural to urban

17. Urban and Rural Interactions
There has been significant movement of people in Canada between urban and rural areas over time.
In most cases, people in rural areas live in a hamlet, village, or town. People in urban areas live in a suburb, city, or metropolis.
These different types of places to live are known as the urban hierarchy (each one is a larger settlement going up the line than the one before it).

18. Urbanization
Urbanization is the movement of people UP the urban hierarchy. This has been the main migration pattern of Canadians since the creation of our country.

19. hamlet village town suburb city metropolis
Urban Hierarchy
RURAL URBAN
hamlet village town suburb city metropolis

20. What areas in Burlington are experiencing this:
Orchard
Millcroft
Tansley woods
Appleby line area
North of Dundas

21. Canada's Urbanization over time

22. Counter-Urbanization
Counter-urbanization is the movement of people DOWN the urban hierarchy (metropolis→ hamlet).
While our cities are still getting larger, some people are choosing to move away from cities.
Why do you think people are choosing to move away from cities?

23. hamlet village town suburb city metropolis
Urban Hierarchy
RURAL URBAN
hamlet village town suburb city metropolis

24. Counter-Urbanization
Why are people leaving the cities to live in smaller towns and villages?
health issues, security, “community”
“back to nature” movement (desire to live in the country)
increase in telecommuting (less need to be at an office)
cheaper land and house prices

25. Trend- Increasing Urbanization
In % of Canadians live in urban areas.
20% live in rural areas.
In the future more will come to live in the cities meaning cities will become larger, taking up more space.

26. Reasons for growing Urbanization
Jobs, opportunity.
Services.
School/Universities.
Higher Standard of living.
Mechanization of agriculture (Machines are taking the jobs Humans use to do).

27. Problems/ Issues of Urbanization
Loss of rural areas means loss of…
Farmland
Nature/beauty
Heritage/way of life
Recreation
And more environmental damage/pollution
more cars, roads, factories, less trees…

28. More cars = more pollution

29. Climate Change due to green house gasses

30. Urban Sprawl
Low density developments surrounding a city taking up much farmland and open space. Relies heavily on automobiles

31. YOUR OPINION:
Suppose you are a doctor in Canada who has just graduated. Would you move to a rural area to practise medicine? Explain your answer.