1. Canada vs. the World: How we Rank!
2ND (Russia is #1)
37th (China 1.3 billion people)
206TH
Area – size of country (km2)
Population – number of people living in Canada
Population density – how crowded our country is (# of people divided by area)

2. Canada & the World: How we Rank!
15TH (USA #1)
3RD (Brazil #1) 3RD
Wealth – value of goods and services produced in a country (Gross Domestic Product…GDP)
Amount of Fresh Water
# of immigrants – people who come to live in Canada from other countries

3. Canada & the World: How we Rank!
Energy Usage – amount of electricity used per person
Life expectancy – average lifespan of a Canadian is 81 years
Foreign Trade – how much we trade resources with other countries
RANK
3RD
12th (Monaco 89 years)
7TH

4. Where do People live in Canada?
1. Close to the U.S.A. border
Most Canadian cities are within 325 km of the border
Why do we need the U.S.A?
Trade
Shopping
Protection

6. Where do people live in Canada?
2. Where it’s warm!
Northern Canada is very cold with frozen ground called “permafrost”
= hard to build homes and grow crops

8. Where do people live in Canada?
3. Near to freshwater
Major source of fresh water is the Great Lakes
Why is this important?
A crucial shipping route
Recreation, electricity, and drinking as well

10. Where do people live in Canada?
4. Where our ancestors settled
First settlers from Europe came by boat along the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes
They settled where the farmland was best