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CHAPTER 9
World
Geography
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Canada
Section 1: History and Culture
Section 2: Canada Today
Section 3: Geographic Issues
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Section 1
History and Culture
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Europe’s role in Canada’s early history:
France
arrived in 1530s
goals—to explore, exploit fish and furs, spread Catholic
religion
founded colony in Quebec
Great Britain
colonized Nova Scotia in 1713
forced France out by 1763
organized Canada into provinces
established self-governing dominion
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Key features of Canadian culture:
mix of French and British culture, with U.S. influences
many immigrants in recent years
French-Canadian culture in Quebec
British culture in Ontario and further west
in north you have Inuit(Eskimos), and Canadian
Indians
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Foundations of Canada’s economy:
Mainly manufacturing and services
mining a key activity
Atlantic Provinces—reliance on forest and sea resources,
along with minerals (poorest region)
Quebec and Ontario—industry, finance, trade, farming, mining
Prairie Provinces—commercial farming (Wheat), mining and
oil drilling, tourism
British Columbia—forest products, fishing, mining
North—mining, Oil, tourism
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Factors in the growth of Canada’s cities:
Toronto, Canada’s largest city —major companies
Montreal—cultural capital, good transportation
(Subway)
Victoria and Vancouver—west-coast centers based
on fishing, tourism, trade
Prairie cities—Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg—
farming, oil production, trade
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Canada’s government:
maintains British ties and British monarch
democratic government with a prime minister and
parliament
provincial governments have local power
three northern territories with some control over local
issues
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Geographic Issues
American influence in Canada:
Influence based on cultural, historic, and economic
connections.
Free trade, through NAFTA, has tied the countries
together.
Canadian and U.S. cities are linked across the border.
American media and popular culture pours into
Canada.
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Effects of geography on Canadian unity:
Regional loyalties undermine unity.
Physical barriers and distance contribute to
separation.
Differences between French and British culture
promote separatism.
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