Canadian Topography Case Study

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Located directly north of the United States, Canadian topography supports millions of people. Although it is spread out over a few thousand miles from Quebec to Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada has a very diverse population and relies heavily of external trade which meet the demands of manufactured goods and oil resources from Alberta Canada which is exported to the United States and other International markets making Canada the sixth largest oil producers in the world. Due to its close location establish a distribution company in Canada would be highly beneficial for a new subsidiary. Canada although being larger than the United States is mostly dense in the southern eastern region near the Northeastern boarder of the United States.

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