Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Birth Rate, Mortality Rate, Urban Sprawl
12 Apr 2016
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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 populaion: 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 u. s: arable land where you expect people to live on. Ontario has the highest population density of all regions (14. 1 people per km2)/ This is despite the fact that northern ontario is sparsely populated.
