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What is the estimated current population of Canada? |
36 million |
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What are current trends in Canada's population? |
Rate of natural increase is declining Population is aging High birth rate among Aboriginal populations Highest growth occuring in ON, BC, AB & SK |
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What is population density? |
The number of people divided by land area |
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What is Canada's population density? |
3.7 people per sqaure km - one of the lowest in the world |
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What is physiological density? |
Amount of arable land per person |
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Which province has the largest population density? |
Ontario |
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What is Canada's population distribution like? |
One of the most unevenly dispersed in the world |
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What percentage of Canadians live within 100km of the US border? |
75% |
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What is an ecumeme? |
The inhabited part of an area |
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Where is the densely populated zone? |
within the Great Lakes - St Lawrence Lowlands |
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What large metropolitan areas are located in the densely populated zone? |
TO, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Hamilton, London, Oshawa and Windsor. |
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What is the moderately populated zone? |
This zone extends from coast to coast roughly between the 49th and 50th parallels of latitude. |
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What major cities are located in the moderately populated zone? |
Vancouver, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton & Halifax |
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Where is the densely populated zone? |
Extends from coast to coast over the midsection of the country. |
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What percentage of Canadians live in the sparsely populated zone? |
Less than 1% |
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What is the isolated settlements zone? |
Occupies the Northern part of Canada and is inhospitable for settlement. |
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What percentage of Canada's population lives in the isolated settlements zone? |
less than 0.1% |
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What are the largest population centers in the isolated settlements zone? |
Labrador City & Iqualuit |
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What is the definition of urban? |
An area with a population of at least 1000 and at least 400 people per km. |
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What percentage of Canada's population is urban? |
82% |
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What is Canada's least urbanized region? |
Atlantic Canada |
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What are Canada's 6 Major Urban Centres? |
Toronto Montreal Vancouver Ottawa Calgary Edmonton |
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When did Toronto overtake Montreal as the largest metropolitan area? |
1971 |
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What is a census metropolitan area? |
An urban core together with adjacent areas that have a high degree of social or economic integration with the urban core of the area. Must contain at least 100,000 people. |
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How many CMAs are in Canada? Ontario? |
33, 15 |
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What is urban sprawl? |
Directly related to automobiles. Leads to more traffic, retail loss from downtown cores, air pollution and loss of agricultural land. |
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What is the crude birth rate? |
The number of births per 1000 people in a given year |
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What is the crude death rate? |
The number of deaths per 1000 people in a given year |
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What is the rate of natural increase? |
The difference between the crude death rate and the crude birth rate. |
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What is net migration? |
The difference between in and out migration |
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Why has the crude birth rate fallen over the last 100 years? |
The shift of people from rural areas to towns and cities. Increase in the number of women in the labor force Widespread acceptance of family planning |
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Why has the crude death rate fallen over the last 100 years? |
Medical advances Improved nutrition Water purification |
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What is replacement fertility? |
The level of fertility at which women have enough daughters to replace themselves. |
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What is the replacement fertility rate? |
2.1 |
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What is the current fertility rate among women in Canada ages 15-49? |
1.6 |
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What is phase 1 of the demographic transition theory? |
Late pre-industrial High birth rates and high death rates There is little to no natural increase |
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What is phase 2 of the demographic transition theory? |
Early industrial Falling death rates High rates of natural increase |
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What is phase 3 of the demographic transition theory? |
Late industrial Falling birth rates High but declining rates of natural increase |
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What is phase 4 of the demographic transition theory? |
Early post-industrial (today) Low birth rates and low death rates Stable population |
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What is phase 5 of the demographic transition theory? |
Late post industrial Falling birth rates Declining population |
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What is the baby boom time frame? |
1946-1964 |
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What is age dependency? |
The ratio of dependent age groups (younger than 15 or older than 64) to the productive age group. |
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What was the age dependency in 2011? |
46/100 |
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Where do the majority of today's immigrants come from? |
Asia and the Middle East (58%) |
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What percentage of Canadians were born outside of Canada? |
24% |
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Why does the federal government encourage immigration? |
It is becoming necessary to keep the population growing. Newcomers add to Canada's workforce Canada accepts refugees who are fleeing oppressive conditions in their homelands. Some immigrants are willing to do jobs that Canadians are not willing to do. |
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What percentage of population growth is represented by immigration? |
70% |
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By what year are deaths expected to out number births? |
2030 |
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What is an ethnic group? |
Members of a population who share a culture that is distinct from other groups |
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What was the leading ethnic group on the last census? |
Canadian |
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Which is the only bilingual province in Canada (official)? |
New Brunswick |
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What is an allophone? |
A person whose mother tongue is not English, French or one of the Aboriginal languages |
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What are Hutterites? |
Believe strongly in pacifism Immigrated to Canada in 1918 because the US refused to exempt them from military service. |
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How many Hutterites are currently living in Canada? |
30,000 |
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What is Canada's dominant religion? |
Christian |
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In 2011, what % of Canadians were Christian? |
67% |
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When did multiculturalism become an official policy? |
1971 |
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Is Canada a melting pot or cultural mosaic? |
Cultural Mosaic
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Core Values of Canadian identity |
Government is based on British parliamentary institutions Two official languages ensure a place for French Aboriginal people have special rights from treaties and land claim agreements . National identity is based on the Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. |
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Of all immigrants, what percentage settle in Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver? |
70% |
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How much faster is the Aboriginal population growing than Canada's overall population? |
6x |
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What percentage of Canada's population are Aboriginal? |
4% |
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What are the phases of Aboriginal Growth in Canada? |
Pre-contact Early contact Late contact Post-contact |
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When did unemployment peak in Canada? |
2009 |
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What is the primary economic sector? |
Activities concerned with the extraction of natural resources. |
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What is the secondary economic sector? |
Activities that process or assemble raw materials. |
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What is the tertiary economic sector? |
Activities involving the sale or exchange of goods and services. |
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What is the quaternary economic sector? |
Activities involved in the processing of knowledge that leads to decision making by companies and governments. (ex: research centers/innovation) |
