2. Observations? Patterns?
Area:
Canada #2, U.S. #3 (just)
Canada largest country bordering only one country
#1?  Russia by almost double
Pop:
U.S. #3
Canada #36  ~10% US pop…behind MUCH smaller countries (S.Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Italy, Burma)

3. Major cities, what do you notice? Why are they situated like this?
Largest cities and locations (maps)
U.S.
New York-Newark 19.3 million
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana million
Chicago million
Miami million
WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) million
Canada (their #1 barely makes U.S. Top 5)
Toronto million
Montreal 3.75 million
Vancouver million
OTTAWA (capital) 1.17 million
Calgary 1.16 million

6. British Columbia
Important about location?  Coasts = Trade! (w/Asia)

7. Landscape?  mountainous, forests

8. Cities…location. (coasts)…why. (trade). Close connection/influence
Cities…location? (coasts)…why? (trade)...Close connection/influence? (Asia)

9. British Columbia
Land = mountainous, majority covered in forests
 among world leader in timber exports
Vancouver = 3rd largest city in Canada
 Coastal location = major trade center
 Close connection to Asian culture
Similar to U.S.  Pacific Northwest (OR and WA)

10. Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
Prairie Provinces
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba

11. Land?  flat, grasslands, rolling hills, forest and lakes

12. Use?  farming, cities (smaller)

13. Prairie Provinces
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
Land = flat grasslands, rolling hills in east
(mts. in west)
farming, ranching, oil
¾ Canada’s farmland
2nd largest wheat exporter (behind U.S.)
Cities = Calgary and Edmonton
- Similar to U.S.  Great Plains (largest prairie in world)

14. Central Provinces Ontario and Quebec
What could be good/strategic about locations?  Great Lakes, St. Lawrence, Hudson Bay
Ontario and Quebec

15. Most varied landscape

17. Central Provinces Ontario and Quebec
Land = north: Canadian Shield, south: major urban areas
Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River
 Manufacturing, industry, trade
Two most populous provinces
 mostly in south, near U.S. border
Toronto (Ontario), Montreal (Quebec) = two largest cities
Canadian capital – Ottawa in Ontario
- Similar to U.S.  Northeast, Michigan, Chicago

18. Atlantic (Maritime) Provinces
Infer about effects of location/name - Maritime? = “of the sea”
Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick

19. Land?  coastline, forests, bays/harbors

20. Smaller port cities (Halifax), fishing!

21. Atlantic (Maritime) Provinces
Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick
Land = rocky coastlines, forests, rolling hills
Bays and harbors
Fishing (Grand Banks), ship building
Transatlantic trade (closer to Ireland than NY)
Similar to U.S.  New England (ME, MA, RI)

22. Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
Northern Territories
Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut

23. Land?  not a lot trees, rugged

24. “Downtown” of territory capitals

25. Northern Territories Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
Land = tundra, frozen Arctic Ocean, very rugged
Little vegetation, sparse population
1/3 Canada’s land, <1% population
large percentage native people (First Nations)
- Similar to U.S.  Alaska

26. Canada’s Diverse Cultural Heritage
Nunavut
Quebec

27. Nunavut “Our Land” Largest province/territory in Canada
- 772,000 sq miles = 1/5 Canada’s area
BUT
Least populated
- approx 32,000 people
- one of least densely populated places in world!
- Entire population could sit in Camden Yards and still have
15,000 empty seats or Ravens Stadium and have 39,000!
Unique population
- approx 85% are Inuit – native peoples
- approx 70% speak Inuktitut – native Inuit language
- diet includes whale, walrus, polar bear and sea weed
- transportation: kayak, dog sled and snowmobile
 no paved roads!

29. Nunavut “Our Land” 4,000 years-ago: first Inuit people inhabit area
16th -17th centuries: European fur traders arrive
1870: Northwest Territories = part of Canada
1970’s: Inuit people begin to push for own
self-governing territory
1982: people of Northwest Territories vote to
create separate Inuit territory
1993: Nunavut is carved out of the Northwest Territories, making it the largest
of Canada’s provinces or territories
April 1, 1999: Nunavut becomes third territory of Canada

30. Quebec “statut particulier”
Largest province in Canada and second most populated
Official language is French
Approx 80% population are “francophones”
 French = first language

31. Quebec “statut particulier”
1535: Jacques Cartier sails up St. Lawrence River
and claims for New France
: French and Indian War
French lose to British and surrender all lands east of Mississippi, including Quebec
many French colonists remain in Quebec
1867: Canadian confederation
Francophones = 2nd class citizens
1960’a: Quiet Revolution
Like civil rights movement for francophones
gain power in government
Separatist movement emerges
1977: French = official language of Quebec
1980: Referendum on becoming own nation  No
1995: 2nd referendum fails but split almost 50/50

32. Closing thoughts…
In what ways are the U.S. and Canada similar?
What are some potential pros/cons of Quebec becoming its own country?
Are there regions, populations, cultures, etc. in the U.S. that could be compared to Nunavut or Quebec?