Population Development In Nunavut

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China Overview Currently, 45% of world 's undernourished reside in India and China (Munesue 12). At present China’s population is 1 billion 300 million and of this 163 million people are classified as undernourished (Munesue 11 & China Population (live) 2016). It’s population makes up almost 20% of the world population (China Population (live) 2016). Although the country has a high rate of food security presently, it has been higher in the past. China used to be a fully communist country that was isolated from most of world, the non-communist part. The country was previously closed off to the rest of the world, but it has been open to international trade since the 1970s and currently plays a central role in international trade today …show more content…
Household Overcrowding in Nunavut 50% of households within Nunavut are classified as overcrowded as there is more than one person per room (Ruiz-Castell 3). The overcrowding has be directly linked to the lack of housing available (Ruiz-Castell 3). The average household was determined to be 6.6 persons, which classified as overcrowded for the average housing sizes (Ruiz-Castell 3). Food insecurity within households was found to be directly related to overcrowding of households (Ruiz-Castell 3).

Unemployment in Nunavut

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Figure 9: The above table displays the total unemployed adults within the 10 households in the the 2009
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A trip to the grocery store to pick up a few bags of groceries will have a price tag of approximately $300, instead of the $50-$100 it costs in southern Canada and the U.S.. Prices in Nunavut are about four times higher than those throughout the rest of the country. The prices are so immense because of the far-north location of the providence and the need to fly in any fresh produce. The Canadian government has attempted to lower the price of nutritious food by subsidizing the grocery stores in Nunavut, but the stores have not passed on the subsidized price to their customers (Beaumont

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