1. Canada’s Landform Regions

2. Canada’s 7 Landform Regions

3. The Creation of Canada’s Landforms

4. Erosion 1. Precambrian Canada Transportation Transportation Deposition
Canadian Shield
Erosion
Transportation
Transportation
Canadian Shield
Deposition
Deposition
Plate Collision
2. Paleozoic Canada
Canadian Shield
Appalachians
Folded Mountains

5. Glaciers!!! – ended about 20 000 years ago Western Cordillera
3. Mesozoic Canada
Plate Collision
Western Cordillera
Canadian Shield
4. Cenozoic Canada
Glaciers!!! – ended about years ago
Western Cordillera
Appalachians
Canadian Shield
Interior Plains
Great Lakes -
St. Lawrence Lowlands

6. 1. Canadian Shield Where is it: It covers almost half of Canada
When did it form:
It formed about 3 billion years ago
Mostly igneous rock

7. More on the Canadian Shield

8. What does it look like: It is covered by thousands of lakes Lots of low hills Pine forests Who lives there: Not many people, a few smaller cities like Sudbury and Thunder Bay, lots of campers and cottagers in the summer

9. What kind of industries/jobs are there?
Metallic Minerals: lead, gold, nickel, copper, zinc, diamonds
Forestry
Tourism

10. Near Kingston, Ontario

12. 2. Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands
Where is it: In ON and QU, along the river and lakeshores When did it form: sedimentary rock in the Paleozoic

14. What does it look like: Flat land or gentle hills Lots of farmland Who lives there: Is heavily populated, two thirds of Canadians live here Cities like Toronto, Montreal

15. What kind of industries/jobs are there?
Farming (esp. dairy)
Tourism
Manufacturing

16. 3. Appalachians
Where is it: NB, NS, PEI, parts of QU and NFD When did it form: About 250 million years ago

18. What does it look like: Low, round hills Covered with forests Who lives there: About one tenth of Canada’s population, cities like Halifax and Saint John Many small fishing communities

19. What kind of industries/jobs are there?
Fishing, tourism, farming
Sedimentary Rock - Non-metallic Minerals/Fossil fuels e.g. Coal

20. 4. Interior Plains
Where is it: In AB, SK, MN, NWT When did it form: 200 million years ago Once was a huge inland sea

22. What does it look like: Very flat ground Few trees, mostly grasslands Lots of farms Who lives there Lots of cities like Calgary and Regina

24. What industries/jobs are there?
Fossil fuels
Agriculture, esp. Grains
Called Canada’s “Bread Basket”

25. 5. Western Cordillera Where is it: BC and YK When did it form:
65 million years old

27. What does it look like: Tall pointed mountains Deep valleys Who lives there: About one eighth of our population, cities like Vancouver and Victoria

28. What industries/jobs are there?
Tourism
Mining
Farming

29. 6. Arctic
Where is it:
In NWT and NU

31. What does it look like:
Quite flat, few small rounded hills
Who lives there:
Only a few very small communities

32. 7. Innuitian Mountains Where is it: The islands of NU and NWT
When did it form:
The Mesozoic

35. What does it look like:
High, pointy mountains
Glaciers, icebergs, and valleys
Who lives there:
Almost no one lives there