GEOG 2RC3 Chapter 1: part II - chapter 1 & 4
23 Jan 2012
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What is social geography: geography: study of spatial patterns & processes, social: culture, ethnicity, demography, welfare, the geography of human condition some important characteristics/trends of canada s social gepgraphy, population: 1991 27. 3m. 2009 33. 5 m: urban ppltn: 2006 80% urban (20% rural, doubling time: 116 years, crude birth rate: 11. 100, crude death rate: 8/1000 life expectancy: women - 83 years male 78. 3 years. Regional variation in le (male + female): british columbia, ontario, nunavut, yukon, n. w. t: 1990s ~ 225,000: by 2006, nearly 20% of total ppltn were born outside canada, provincial destinations of immigrants: Immigrant origins (p. 145-149): see fig 4. 4, 4. 5, 4. 6, see table 4. 11, 4. 12, note: changing pattern of immigrant origins! Spatial distribution of canada s ppltn: ecumene settled/inhabited/developed part of a country (where people live, see fig 4. 1. south of 49th parallel ~ 72-75% of ppltn. between 49 & 54 degrees ~ 27% of ppltn. within 150km of u. s> border = 75%
