CANADA POP. DISTRIBUTION

CENSUS METROPOLITAN AREA (CMA) CENSUS METROPOLITAN AREA: An urban area including all villages, towns, and smaller cities near a major urban centre, with no rural area between them a very large urban area (known as the urban core) together with the adjacent urban and rural areas (known as urban and rural fringes) that have a high degree of social and economic integration with the urban core. A CMA has an urban core population of at least 100,000 people.

POPULATION DENSITY CGC1P0: CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY

POPULATION DENSITY Density – number of people per unit area Calculated by dividing the pop. Of a region by the region’s area Canada: area = 9,012,112 km² area = 9,012,112 km² Population = 31,081,900 people Population = 31,081,900 people 31,081,900 ÷ 9,012,112 km² = 3.3 people / km²

POPULATION DENSITY The population of India is approximately 1,000,000,000 (1 billion), and its total area is km². Use the formula to calculate India’s population density people per square km people per square km What problems might a high pop. Density like India’s cause? What problems might a high pop. Density like India’s cause? What problems might a low population density like Canada’s create? What problems might a low population density like Canada’s create?

Canada Population Density, 2001

CANADA POPULATION DENSITY Population density = # of people per km² Canada is 2 nd largest country in the world BUT has a relatively small population. Therefore, pop. density is low Therefore, pop. density is low If Canada’s entire population lived in Ontario, our pop. Density would = U.S.

Look down the 4 th column on the table. Which country has the highest population density? Which has the lowest? Where does Canada rank in terms of pop. Density compared with other countries?

Look across the rows. How many countries have a lower population than Canada but a higher population density? What might account for this difference?

Do you think the population density in our area is more or less than 3 people per square km? What might account for Canada’s low overall population density?

POPULATION DENSITY Central Business District (CBD): Downtown area of a city or town, where most of the important commercial and government activities take place. Very high population densities (especially during the daytime) Very high population densities (especially during the daytime) Very expensive land value  build up Very expensive land value  build up

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (HIGHEST POP. DENSITIES)

WHAT CITY’S CBD?

CHICAGO

MONTREAL

VANCOUVER

SEATTLE

SHANGHAI

HONG KONG

POPULATION DENSITY

ONTARIO POPULATION DENSITY

SOUTHERN ONTARIO POPULATION DENSITY

CANADA PROVINCIAL POPULATION DENSITIES