Canadian Settlement Patterns

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Canadian Settlement Patterns
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Long Lots of Southern Quebec

• Developed along waterways
• Settled before survey system implemented
• Long, thin farms
• Heritage Law owners had to divide land amongst
  offspring

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Advantages and Disadvantages

• Pros
• Excellent soil conditions
• Access to river ways
• Narrow lower taxes
• Close to neighbours
• Cons
• Narrow lots hard to work
• Land became small and unworkable when divided
  amongst offspring

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Concession System in Ontario

• Occurred after survey system was in place
• Based on road and railways no longer dependent
  on water
• Concession Roads are parallel to waterway, and
  side roads are perpendicular

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Advantages and Disadvantages

• Pros
• Excellent soil for agriculture
• Access to roadways
• Easier access to land
• Cons
• Further from neighbours

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Section System in Southern Prairies

• Land was surveyed before settlement occurred
• Land divided into 36 sections and each section
  divided into 4 quadrants
• A family would get one quadrant approx. 64ha in
  size

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Advantages and Disadvantages

• Pros
• Land was well suited for modern farm machinery
• Cons
• Soil was less fertile - needed larger farms
• Resulted in farm consolidation
• Some distance between neighbours

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Factors that affect Settlements

• Technology
• The type of transportation technology of the time
  affects how the land is divided.
• Government Regulation
• The level of government regulation dictated how
  organized the settlements were

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Scattered Settlement

• Settlement within other areas of Canada based on
  two main reasons.
• Resource-Based Settlement
• settlement a result of a product or resources
• these included fishing, forestry, mining, and
  recreation
• Occurred in Atlantic Maritimes, Boreal Shield,
  Boreal Plain, Montane Cordillera, Pacific
  Maritimes

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• Service-Based Settlement
• Often based on transportation
• Provides a variety of services which are needed
  by people in lightly populated areas
• These may included gas stations, motels, post
  offices, restaurants

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Issues with Rural Areas Today

• Movement towards urbanization
• Movement to commercial farming
• Technology is advancing farming practices
• Fewer services provided within rural regions
• Increased costs for goods and services
• Less rural areas as a result of urbanization