III' CANADAS PROVINCES AND ARCTIC FRONTIER

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III. CANADAS PROVINCES AND ARCTIC FRONTIER
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A. Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland

• The Maritime Provinces are New Brunswick, Nova
  Scotia, and Prince Edward Island

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A. Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland

• Newfoundland includes the island of Newfoundland
  and Labrador on the mainland

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A. Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland

• Their economy depends on the sea and forests and
  most people live in coastal areas

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B. Quebec

• Quebec has a strong French-Canadian culture and
  its independence movement has threatened to break
  up Canada

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B. Quebec

• The city of Quebec, the provincial capital, was
  Canadas first city

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B. Quebec

• Montreal, the worlds largest French-speaking
  city, is Canadas financial and industrial center

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C. Ontario

• Toronto is Ontarios capital and southeastern
  Ontario is Canadas main manufacturing district

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C. Ontario

• Ottawa, Canadas capital city, is in Ontario

Canadas Parliament Building
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D. The Prairie Provinces

• The center of Canadas wheat belt includes the
  provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta

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E. British Columbia

• British Columbia lies on the Pacific coast of
  Canada

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E. British Columbia

• British Columbia is rich in natural resources
  such as forests, minerals, and fish like salmon

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E. British Columbia

• Victoria is the provinces capital and Vancouver
  is Canadas third largest city

Parliament Building of British Columbia in
Victoria
Vancouver Skyline
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F. The Canadian North

• The northern lands are divided into the Yukon,
  the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut

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IV. Canadian Issues

• A. Regionalism - The threat to divide Canada has
  appeared repeatedly in Canadian history

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A. Regionalism

• Most Canadians support a united Canada
• but isolation and separation keeps
• regionalism alive

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B. Dependency

• Poor regions are dependent on the bankers
• and industrialists of Toronto and Montreal

Toronto Skyline
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B. Dependency

• Canadians are dependent on Albertas oil

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B. Dependency

• Internationally, Canada is dependent on the
• U. S.

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B. Dependency

• Canadian firms do more business with the
• U. S. than with one another