Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Census Geographic Units Of Canada, Birth Rate, Mortality Rate
6 Feb 2017
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Today the population is estimated to be 35 million. At the time of confederation, the population was 3 million. Only 25% of countries have a population higher than canada. Current trends in canada"s population: the rate of natural increase is declining, the population is aging, there is a high birth rate among the aboriginal population, highest growth is occurring in ontario, bc, alberta, and saskatchewan. Population density: the number of people divided by the land area. Canada is the 2nd largest country in the world by land area. As a result, its population density is one of the lowest in the world (3. 7 people per km2) Canada"s physiological density (amount of arable land per person) is similar to that of the us. Ontario has the highest population density of all provinces (14. 1 people per km2) This is despite the fact that northern ontario is sparsely populated. Ontario and quebec combined are home to 62% of canada"s population.
