Geography 2011A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canadian Shield, Coastal Erosion, Transportation Planning
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1500s: passage to the orient(asia): 1600s: fur trade begins. Population 15,000 (boarder a round ontario much smaller and only covering the lakes: 1812: last military challenge for the lakes. Population of upper canada about 90,000: 1867: confederation. Ontario, quebec, nova scotia and new brunswick form a federal union. Population two million, half rural: 1904. Silver discovered at cobalt in northern ontario: 1906. One million people immigrated to canada, most settling in. Current population: 15,007,816 on april 1, 2022, 14,490,207 on april 1, 2019, 38. 8 % of canada"s population, july 1, 2016 13,982,984, july 1, 2017 14,193,384. Language and ethnicity: official language: english, francophones: largest language minority, visible minorities increasing. Immigration: more than 655,000 immigrants settled in. Ontario between 2009 and 2013: this represents about one third of those who immigrated to canada during that period. Immigration: during calendar year 2021, ontario received.
