1. CANADIAN LANDFORM
REGIONS

2. Canada can be Divided into 7 Landform Regions:
Western Cordillera
Interior Plains
Canadian Shield
Great Lakes- St.Lawrence Lowlands
Appalachian Region
Hudson Bay- Arctic Lowlands
Innuitian Mountains

3. Landform Regions of Canada

4. THE CANADIAN SHIELD
THE CANADIAN SHIELD REGION COVERS ALMOST HALF OF CANADA
(including most of Nunavut, Quebec, Labrador, Ontario, and Manitoba, and a large part of Saskatchewan)
THE SHIELD WAS FORMED ABOUT 3 BILLION YEARS AGO

7. Cdn Shield: DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND
ROCKY- some of
the world’s oldest
rocks
LOTS OF LAKES
LOTS OF TREES
LOTS OF RIVERS

10. Cdn Shield: RESOURCES
MINERALS
WATER for hydroelectric power
TREES

11. Underground Mining
Above ground mining

12. Hydroelectric Power Damn

14. Cdn. Shield: POPULATION
Most people live in the southern part
Population is very scattered
Only a few cities have 100,000 people (Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Saguenay)
MEDIUM POPULATED

15. Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands

16. GREAT LAKES – ST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS
SMALLEST LANDFORM REGION
THIS IS A LOW-LYING AREA LOCATED NEAR THE GREAT LAKES (ONTARIO AND QUEBEC)

19. DESCRIPTION LARGE LAKES TREES FARMLAND MANY LARGE CITIES
HAS AN ESCARPMENT (a change in the height of land due to erosion of soft sedimentary rock)- Niagara Falls

21. RESOURCES
SEDIMENTARY ROCK: Limestone rock, shale, and sandstone are mined to provide stone and cement for building industry.
SOIL: The area has a lot of great soil for farming.
WATER for shipping, commercial fishing, power generation, use in factories, and for drinking

25. POPULATION HIGHLY POPULATED 2/3 of Canada’s population lives here
Major Cities: Greater Toronto and Montreal

26. THE APPALACHIANS

27. THE APPALACHIANS

29. THE APPALACHIANS
THE APPALACHIAN REGION IS MADE UP OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NOVA SCOTIA, P.E.I., NEWFOUNDLAND, AND A SMALL PART OF QUEBEC

32. DESCRIPTION
LOW MOUNTAINS & HILLS
FLAT PLAINS
COASTLINE
TREES

34. RESOURCES
FISH: all the provinces are near the Atlantic Ocean catch and sell fish for food.
SOIL: P.E.I. and New Brunswick have good soil for growing food (POTATOES!).
TREES: for making paper and building things.

37. POPULATION MEDIUM POPULATION Most people live near the coast
1/10 of Canada’s population lives here
There are only 4 cities of 100,000 people: Sherbrooke (Que.), Halifax (N.S.), Saint John (N.B.), and St. John’s (N.F.L.)

38. INTERIOR PLAINS

39. INTERIOR PLAINS

40. INTERIOR PLAINS
MOST OF ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN, AND SOME OF NWT AND MANITOBA
THE PLAINS ARE MADE UP OF 200-MILLION-YEAR-OLD SEDIMENTARY ROCK

43. DESCRIPTION
FLAT, WIDE-OPEN AREAS
LOTS OF FARM FIELDS

46. RESOURCES OIL: Edmonton is centre of Canada’s oil industry
SOIL : one of the best farming regions in Canada
Wheat
Cattle
OIL: Edmonton is centre of Canada’s oil industry

50. POPULATION MEDIUM POPULATED
Most people live in the south, near the Canada-U.S. border
2 cities in this region have populations close to 1 million: Edmonton and Calgary

51. WESTERN CORDILLERA

52. WESTERN CORDILLERA

53. WESTERN CORDILLERA Cordillera means “Mountains” in Spanish
BRITISH COLUMBIA, THE YUKON, AND SMALL PARTS OF ALBERTA AND THE N.W.T. MAKE UP THE WESTERN CORDILLERA

56. DESCRIPTIONS LARGE MOUNTAINS -(Rockies) VALLEYS LOTS OF TREES
LOTS OF RIVERS

58. RESOURCES
Rich in
Minerals and
Trees

61. POPULATION MEDIUM POPULATION
Most people live the cities of Vancouver and Victoria
1/8 of Canada’s population lives here

64. INNUITIANS

65. INNUITIANS

66. INNUITIANS
Nunavut and the Northwest Territories

69. DESCRIPTION
LOW MOUNTAINS
GLACIERS
ROCKY
NO TREES

72. RESOURCES & POPULATION
OIL and GAS DEPOSITS
ANIMALS for food (hunting)
POPULATION
LOW POPULATION
Most people that live in this region are Inuit

73. HUNTING

75. ARCTIC

76. ARCTIC

77. ARCTIC SERIES OF ISLANDS IN FAR NORTH
THE SURFACE OF THE LAND IS VERY ROCKY WITH VERY LITTLE PLANT LIFE

80. DESCRIPTION MANY ISLANDS VERY ROCKY NOT MANY PLANTS
FLAT AND HILLY PARTS

83. RESOURCES & POPULATION
OIL and GAS DEPOSITS
ANIMALS (for food)
POPULATION
VERY LOW POPULATION

84. Oil Extraction

85. Hunting