Canada's Economic Regions

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Canada's Economic Regions
BySara,Amanda,Ayla,Alissa
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The Alantic Region

• Canadas eastern Economic region
• Provinces of New Brunswick,Prince Edwards
  Island,Nova Scotia,the island of Newfoundland,
  and the gaspe region of Quebec.
• Major land resources such as fish, forest and
  farmland.
• Mineral deposits such as lead,zinc and coal.
• Coal Mining in the time of confederation was used
  2/3 in Canada.
• Steel manufacturing was traded a lot with the the
  US and Britain.
• Natural harbors.
• Oil and natural gas reserves off the coast of
  Newfoundland.
• Potato farming in PEI and New Brunswick and
  orchards in Nova Scotia.
• Harsh climate in Newfoundland,settlement
  remaining low. More fertile land in more southern
  areas of the region and not as harsh climate
  settlement grew quickly.
• Forest in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were
  prized as masts for naval ships and also harvest
  pulp and paper mills.
• Time of confederation Halifax and Saint John had
  internationally imported dockyards and
  shipbuilding facilities. Making Advance in The
  Steamboat and iron ships.
• Canadas power increased and eventually came in
  to control of the regions Mining,financial, and
  limited manufacturing industries after
  confederation.Changing markets and
  technology,depleted resources, and reliance on
  resource-based activities led to the regions
  economic decline, relative to the rest of Canada.

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• In The Atlantic region regional disparity has
  been and remains a chronic issue. But today cod
  and ground fish stocks are depleting the fishing
  industry, changing the Atlantic economy.
• Environmental issues, such as changes in water
  temperature,pollution, and seal pollution plays a
  factor in changing in the Atlantic community.
• In other industries such as the Agricultural
  industry business has sky rocketed leaving many
  more people with jobs such as farming, trucking,
  and equipment manufacturing.
• The Hibernia oil field holds more promise for the
  Atlantic region, except where the Environmental
  issues come in.

• Newfoundland and the Atlantic region stands up to
  not only oil royalties and job opportunities, but
  from optimism at a time when older industries are
  in decline.

The Atlantic Region
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The Great Lakes- St Lawrence Region

• Water transportation routes connected the various
  comminutes and allowed raw materials to be
  transported.
• As lumbering increased, more land was cleared,
  and agriculture and decrement expanded.
• By the confederation, manufacturing of iron and
  steal, clothing, saw mills, breweries, and even
  an oil refinery, became major component of the
  economy.
• strategically close to the booming U.S.
• Eventually linked up to the railway to Atlantic
  and the western provinces.

• Smallest economic region
• Occupies less then 2 percent of the nations total
  land area.
• Geographically the region consists of fertile low
  lands and mild climate
• The St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes both
  valuable resources and superb waterways
• European contact brought the fur trade, and
  better settlement and the beginnings of
  manufacturing.

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• Known as Canadas Industrial Heartland
• Became Canadas financial center
• In late decades of twentieth century, the
  automotive sector dominated the regions
  manufacturing.
• U.S automotive giants ford, chiseler, and general
  motors, have long operated plants here
• Region provides a pool of skilled labors and a
  strong infrastructure
• Japanese automakers Honda, and Toyota also have
  points based here.
• High-tech industries also expanded and reshaped
  the economy
• Many high-tech companies located here.
• In a world of high finance this region is still
  on top
• Most of Canadas banks, trust companies, and
  insurance companies have head offices in this
  region
• Both are very polluted.

• Great Lakes also has an abundant supply of
  electrical.
• Home of more than half of Canadas population
• Largest market in Canada
• Golden horse shoe is heavily industrialized and
  densely populated.
• Severe environmental damage has resulted from
  industrial waste, and smog

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Canadian Shield Region

• Canadas largest economic region
• It included all of Labrador, Ontario, Quebec,
  eastern tip of Baffin Island and, east and south
  of Great bear lake.
• The shield Region has many deposits, like nickel,
  copper, gold, silver, lead, and zinc.
• Before European contact, native groups like the
  Ojibwa, fished for a living and for food.
• Fur trade, forestry, pulp, and paper became major
  industries.
• In 1901a logia steel dominated
• In 1902 INCO was formed(international Nickel
  Company)
• INCO was to mine some of the worlds richest
  deposits of nickel, copper, and silver.
• INCO soon built many smelters, the built them in
  Sudbury, Ontario and Thompson, and Manitoba where
  is sold its products around the world.

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• Massive Hydroelectric developments flooded
  watersheds and threatened the lives of many
  aboriginal people.The government has responded
  by imposing emission Reduction programs,
  environmental reviews, and aboriginal
  consultations.But the issues are far from being
  resolved.
• The minerals and metals are commodities that
  change in value of global demand and supply
• If a region is heavily dependent on the mining it
  might have struggles.
• When a mine closes the own around it may disperse
  or struggle to survive.
• Schefferville, Quebec, the Ion Ore Company
  closed
• In 1981 world prices were too low for the company
  to make any profit

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• Occupies a vast area of Canadas landmass.
• Its western limit cuts into a corner of the
  Yukon of the Beaufort Sea.
• The boundary swings east and south through the
  Northwest Territories and Nunavut, skirts the
  northern area of Manitoba and Ontario along
  Hudson Bay, and swings north again to include the
  northwestern tip of Québec and most of Baffin
  Island.
• Most of it is above the tree line, north of the
  line of continuous permafrost.
• The landscape is stark and the climate is harsh.
• Waterway is frozen during wither.
• Long cold dark winters.
• The north region consists of mountains, plateaus,
  lowlands and high lands.

The North Region
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The Prairie Region

• The northern portion of the Interior Plains.
• The region fallows the contour of the Canadian
  shield on the east.
• On the west it reaches to the Western Mountains.
• It includes the southern portions of Manitpba and
  Saskatchewa, most of the Alberta and the
  northeastern corner of BC.

• In the north, the prairie tapers off and turns,
  occuping a samll section of the Yykon
• Consists primarily of rolling plains, which
  gradually slope downwardin 3 levels from west to
  east.
• Natives in this region hunted bison.
• Europeans were focuced on the fur trade.
• Many settlers came after confederation and the
  building of railways, and changed the aboriginals
  way of life forever.
• Forestry was a huge activity I the prairies.
• By 1914,most of the natural grasslands in the
  southern areas had been ploughes under.

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• More than 80 of Canadas farmland is located
  here.
• In 1914 oil was discovered.
• As in other regions, population has become
  increasingly urbanized.
• Technological change has led to fewer and larger
  farms and a drastic reduction in the number of
  people employed in faming.
• The Prairie Region now has a number of
  metropolitan areas. Such as Edmonton, Calgary,
  Winnipeg, and Saskatoon.
• The regions economy is still largely
  resource-based and subject to global price
  cycles. But continuing investment in our sectors

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