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This region of Canada is mountainous and thickly wooded. The people living there long ago (e.g. Haida, Tlingit, Nuxalk) were fishers and hunters, and had more leisure time.
Northwest Coast
This region of Canada is flat and dry. The Kutenai, Tsilhqot’in, Secwepemc, and the Interior Salish people who lived there hunted bison, fished, and lived in pit houses.
Plateaus
This region of Canada is made up of rolling hills and grasslands, and was once home to huge herds of bison. The Siksika, Cree, Nakota, and Anishinaabe people who lived there farmed the fertile land and made tipis out of bison hide.
Plains
This region of Canada is made up of birch, elm, and maple trees. The Algonquin and Iroquoian who lived there made log longhouses that could house up to 100 people.
Eastern Woodlands
This flat, treeless region of Canada was inhabited by extremely resourceful Inuit people who hunted whatever they could.
Arctic
This region of Canada stretches from northern BC to the Atlantic coast. The Algonquian and Athabaskan people who lived there moved with the animals.
Subarctic
Why do most Canadians live on the southern border of Canada?
Warmer climate, better farming, easier trade with the US
From 1851 to 2011, when was the percentage of Canadians living in rural areas the highest?
1851
From 1851 to 2011, when was the percentage of Canadians living in urban areas the highest?
2011
What does demographic mean?
A quality of a group of people, for example: age, gender, occupation, language, religion, etc.
Name and describe one of the six historical events that brought large numbers of immigrants to Canada
The Revolutionary War, The Potato Blight, wars, The Abolishment of Slavery, The Dominion Lands Act, The Points System
What were the two reasons why the English wanted New France? (future Canada)
Good fishing off the east coast, and fearing the threat of the French taking territory
Why did the British banish almost 10,000 Acadians from their homes?
They refused to swear an oath to Britain.
What were the results of the Seven Years War?
France’s Canadian land was handed over to the British through the Treaty of Paris (1763)
What caused Pontiac’s Uprising?
First Nation allies of the French grew concerned as Britain began building on their land, and tried to drive the British from the land
What factors pulled more and more Canadians into urban communities from 1851 onward?
New job opportunities (factories), farming advancements required less farmers, new services like postal/transportation systems
