GEO 131 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3B: James Bay Project, Canadian Prairies, Aboriginal Title
Document Summary
99. 7% of canadians live in the provinces. Largest province: quebec (2x size of texas) Smallest province: prince edward island (size of delaware) Smallest provinces are in northeast (called atlantic canada: prince edward island, new brunswick, nova scotia, newfoundland and labrador. Heart of the country, around hudson bay: quebec. West canada (everything west of ontario: prairie provinces. Alberta: far west (west of canadian rockies) Three territories (in arctic north: yukon. Major aboriginal land claim between inuit people and federal government. Larger than any other province or territory. 35,000 residents, 80% inuit: form 40% of land area, only 120,000 people. Population distributed along shores and southern border with us: resources all to the north, control is still important, lots of canadian-us interaction where cities are close together. Limited interaction in prairie provinces because few people live on us side of border (montana, Capital: ottawa: border between french-speaking quebec and english- speaking ontario, quebec 80% french-canadian.
