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How are people ‘organized’ around the country and why are they organized that way? Canada is a northern country with little land suitable for agriculture. The result of this is that the area in Canada where significant numbers of people inhabit is small. 1) Where is most of Canada’s population situated?________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Why do you think is it situated this way? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ At Confederation in 1867, what is now Canada had a population of about 3.4 million people. Over time the population has increased: From 1901-1921 many people immigrated to Canada from Eastern Europe to the prairies. Low immigration from 1930-1950 due to World War 2. Between 1951 and 1971, Canada’s birth rate skyrocketed during the ‘Baby Boom’ It is estimated that Canada’s current population is 33,311,389 people. About 33 million people. Sounds like a lot right? In California, the current population is just under 37 million people. Their area is about 423,970 square kilometers. Canada’s area? 9,093,507 SQ square kilometers. Our population increases by about 0.3% annually. However our population is growing slowly. The fertility rate is about 1.5 children per woman. This is too low to maintain current population levels. Can you think of a way that Canada can maintain population levels? ________________________________________________________________________________________ Canada is considered highly urbanized (people live in cities) and industrial (we create and manufacture things). Canada also ships internationally. North America Free Trade Agreement: Went into affect in 1994. Between Canada, USA and Mexico. Designed to eliminate barriers of trade and investment between the countries. Tariffs (tax or duty) were eliminated from imports between the countries. In Canada we have divisions between d