GEOG 162 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Capital Accumulation, Ethnic Group, Urban Sprawl
Document Summary
Canada is home to over 35 million people: population expected to approach 40 million by 2020. Canada"s society is also aging: affects size of the labour force and the age dependency ratio. Aboriginal population is rapidly expanding and youthful: but challenges in labour force with skills and geography. Immigration plays a key role in canada"s population increase. Immigration from non-european and non-christian countries is changing the face of canada. Key social issues: homelessness, gang warfare, urban sprawl, the widening gap between the rich and the poor. Immigration plays a major role in demographic changes: rapid increase in aboriginal population, declining place of french language. Immigration and cultural pluralism: public protests against inequality. Population size: three primary factors that account for population growth, natural increase (people having babies, population gained from territorial expansion. Population distribution: the dispersal of people within a geographic area, canada"s population is unevenly dispersed, populated ecumene zone is spread along the us border.