Why Canada is Great
Changing Populations
Physical Geography
Managing Resources
Livable Cities
Living Space
Diversity
Land Use
Scenery
Rural Areas
Immigration
Urbanization
Small population for large country - urban areas
Immigration
Culture - Multicultural Areas
Language - bilingual , as well as over 34 ethnic groups in Canada
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220 000 refugees a year per year for the last 10 years
2011 NHS - total of 6,775,800 foreign-born
immigrants - 20.6% of total population
Institutional - 10% - For public facilities - institutions
Transportation - 33% For amenities
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Appeals to hermits with an eye for aesthetics
Population shift from rural to urban
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Good for farming
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Residential - 40% of land - Low, medium, high density housing developments - neighbourhoods
Construction in Toronto and Mississauga
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Job opportunities
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Resource Sustainability
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Government
Liberal
Justin Trudeau (/anyone other than Trump)
Taking in refugees
Refugees
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Makes refugees/people of same culture or nationality more at ease to live here - immigrants will not feel out of place
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Economy
Refugees
Job Opportunities in Different Industries
Secondary - manufacturing - using resources from primary - ex. factories
Primary - extraction of raw minerals - ex. mining
Tertiary - entertainment - ex. movie theatres, retail
Quaternary - knowledge-based - programming
Hydropower
Wind turbines
Forest preservation
Certifying, approving companies
Soil/Climate Conditions
Open and Green - 7%- For recreation and conservation
Tundra soils
Wet-climate soils
Range in mountainous areas
Equality
Gay marriage was legalized many years ago
Justin Trudeau has a 50% female cabinet - gender equality
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Job Opportunities
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Over 34 different ethnic groups
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Farmland
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Industrial - 6% - For factories, processing developments, manufacturing
Commercial - 5% - For development for retail, services, office use
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Considered multicultural - not melting pot like USA
80% of Canadians live in urban areas
Shift from living in rural areas to urban areas
Began after WWII
Urbanization
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New Urbanism
Expanded Infrastructures
Vancouver - factors include walkability , common public space
Population
Population is getting older, consequentially increasing
Multicultural
Farming
Climate conditions - Arctic, Taiga, Cordillera, Prairie, Boreal, Pacific Maritime, Southeastern, Atlantic Maritime
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Agriculture
Availability of resources
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Planning
Changing laws to accommodate
Crops that make soil better
Shelterbelts
Better use of nutrients
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Livability
Population pyramid for 2016 vs prediction for 2031
2016: Population = 36 million
2031: Population = 40 million
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Both genders are equal in both images
Equality
Resource Sustainability
Developed country, good place to live
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Landform regions
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Western Cordillera
Hudson Bay-Arctic Lowlands
Interior Plains
Great Lakes-St Lawrence Lowlands
Canadian Shield
Innuitian Mountains
Appalachians
Affect population distribution, agriculture
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Push and Pull factors
Push factor - cause to leave country currently residing in - something about the country one is already living in - ex political danger
Pull factor - cause to come to a country - something about the country one is moving to - job opportunities, family, etc
Most of Population is in Southern Canada - largely rural - not much urbanization in other areas
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Low population density - 4 peopleper km
Improved mining
Improving technologies
Recycling materials
Finding new sources of minerals
Working with the communities they're in
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Commercial Land Use
Imports and Exports - trade balance
Several international trade agreements
CKFTA
NAFTA
International Relationships
UN
NATO
Global Peacekeeper
Open Immigration
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Stable economy provides opportunity for investments
Leads to influx of labourers and skilled workers/proffeessionals
One of most livable countries in the world
Free education up to high school
Free healthcare
1 year of paid maternity leave
Benefit payments for low-income famolies
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Canada is rich in resources
Low business costs, strung growth rate
Positive image of Canada because of multiculturalism, taking in refugees, "polite",
Canada has a good reputation
Always sorry
Justin Trudeau is admired by the rest of the world, not just Canada
Jokes about being overly polite
International relationships - diplomacy
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