GEO 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Canadian Shield, Interior Plains, Athabaskan Languages
4 Apr 2016
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Paradox: rich in resource but slow to develop. Canda"s last frontier but homeland for abouriginal people who form a population majority. Link to friedmans core peripherhy: hinterland or resource frontier, hinterlands are primary producers of resource that lack economic power. Less influence on the entirety of canada. Challenges: uneducated aboriginal population, strong stock of non-renewable resources. Zinc lead iron uranium coal and oil. Rate of extraction is higher than replenishing rate. Largest in land size 39% of canada: low population of 100000, lowest population density. 4 million sq km: made up of a series of islands. Archipelago to get around u need frozen lakes/sea. Has three territories: nunavut, nwt, and yukon. Small population: limited capacity of land to support people, 16% unemployment rate, 1. 1% speak french (metis) Abouriginal population: high birth rate and low death rate. Out-migration: non-abouriginal population finds job opportunities elsewhere when economy stalls.
