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CANADIAN
LANDFORM
REGIONS
Canada can be Divided into
7 Landform Regions:
1. Western Cordillera
2. Interior Plains
3. Canadian Shield
4. Great Lakes- St.Lawrence
Lowlands
5. Appalachian Region
6. Hudson Bay- Arctic Lowlands
7. Innuitian Mountains
Landform Regions of Canada
THE CANADIAN SHIELD
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THE CANADIAN
SHIELD REGION
COVERS ALMOST
HALF OF CANADA
(including most of Nunavut,
Quebec, Labrador, Ontario,
and Manitoba, and a large part
of Saskatchewan)
THE SHIELD WAS
FORMED ABOUT 3
BILLION YEARS
AGO
THE CANADIAN SHIELD
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THE CANADIAN SHIELD WAS
FORMED BY VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
THAT MADE MOUNTAINS OUT OF
THE SEA
THEN GLACIERS ERODED THE
MOUNTAINS AND MADE THEM FLAT
Cdn Shield: DESCRIPTION
OF THE LAND
ROCKY- some of
the world’s oldest
rocks
 LOTS OF LAKES
 LOTS OF TREES
 LOTS OF RIVERS
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Cdn Shield:
RESOURCES
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MINERALS
WATER for
hydroelectric
power
TREES
Underground
Mining
Above ground
mining
Hydroelectric
Power Damn
Cdn. Shield: POPULATION
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Most people live in
the southern part
Population is very
scattered
Only a few cities have
100,000 people
(Sudbury, Thunder
Bay and Saguenay)
MEDIUM
POPULATED
Great Lakes –
St. Lawrence Lowlands
GREAT LAKES –
ST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS
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SMALLEST
LANDFORM REGION
THIS IS A LOWLYING AREA
LOCATED NEAR THE
GREAT LAKES
(ONTARIO AND
QUEBEC)
GREAT LAKES –
ST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS
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THIS AREA WAS FORMED FROM THE
SEDIMENT THAT WAS ERODED FROM
THE CANADIAN SHIELD
THE SEDIMENT WAS DEPOSITED INTO
THIS AREA AND FILLED UP THE
ANCIENT SEAS
LATER THE SEDIMENT TURNED INTO
SEDIMENTARY ROCK
DESCRIPTION
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LARGE LAKES
TREES
FARMLAND
MANY LARGE
CITIES
HAS AN
ESCARPMENT (a
change in the height
of land due to
erosion of soft
sedimentary rock)Niagara Falls
RESOURCES
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SEDIMENTARY ROCK: Limestone
rock, shale, and sandstone are
mined to provide stone and cement
for building industry.
SOIL: The area has a lot of great
soil for farming.
WATER for shipping, commercial
fishing, power generation, use in
factories, and for drinking
POPULATION
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HIGHLY
POPULATED
2/3 of Canada’s
population lives here
Major Cities:
Greater Toronto and
Montreal
THE APPALACHIANS
THE APPALACHIANS
THE APPALACHIANS
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POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION
PLATES COLLIDING CAUSED THE
SEDIMENTARY ROCK TO PUSH UPWARD
AND MAKE MOUNTAINS
THEN EROSION CAUSED THESE
MOUNTAINS TO GET SMALLER AND
MADE SOME FLAT AREAS
THE APPALACHIANS
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THE APPALACHIAN
REGION IS MADE
UP OF NEW
BRUNSWICK, NOVA
SCOTIA, P.E.I.,
NEWFOUNDLAND,
AND A SMALL PART
OF QUEBEC
DESCRIPTION
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LOW MOUNTAINS
& HILLS
FLAT PLAINS
COASTLINE
TREES
RESOURCES
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FISH: all the provinces are near the Atlantic Ocean
catch and sell fish for food.
SOIL: P.E.I. and New Brunswick have good soil for
growing food (POTATOES!).
TREES: for making paper and building things.
POPULATION
MEDIUM
POPULATION
Most people live near
the coast
 1/10 of Canada’s
population lives here
 There are only 4
cities of 100,000
people: Sherbrooke
(Que.), Halifax
(N.S.), Saint John
(N.B.), and St. John’s
(N.F.L.)
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INTERIOR PLAINS
INTERIOR PLAINS
INTERIOR PLAINS
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MOST OF ALBERTA AND
SASKATCHEWAN, AND SOME OF NWT
AND MANITOBA
THE PLAINS ARE MADE UP OF 200MILLION-YEAR-OLD SEDIMENTARY
ROCK
THE PLAINS WERE MADE WHEN
ANCIENT SEAS WERE FILLED WITH
SEDIMENT THAT WAS ERODED FROM
THE CANADIAN SHIELD
DESCRIPTION
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FLAT, WIDEOPEN AREAS
LOTS OF FARM
FIELDS
RESOURCES
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SOIL : one of the
best farming regions
in Canada
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Wheat
Cattle
OIL: Edmonton is
centre of Canada’s
oil industry
POPULATION
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MEDIUM POPULATED
Most people live in the south, near the
Canada-U.S. border
2 cities in this region have populations
close to 1 million: Edmonton and Calgary
WESTERN CORDILLERA
WESTERN CORDILLERA
WESTERN CORDILLERA
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Cordillera means “Mountains” in Spanish
BRITISH COLUMBIA, THE YUKON, AND
SMALL PARTS OF ALBERTA AND THE N.W.T.
MAKE UP THE WESTERN CORDILLERA
DURING THE DINOSAUR AGE, PLATE
COLLISIONS CAUSED THE FORMATION OF
THE ROCKIES
DESCRIPTIONS
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LARGE
MOUNTAINS
-(Rockies)
VALLEYS
LOTS OF TREES
LOTS OF
RIVERS
RESOURCES
Rich in
Minerals and
Trees
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POPULATION
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MEDIUM
POPULATION
Most people live
the cities of
Vancouver and
Victoria
1/8 of Canada’s
population lives
here
INNUITIANS
INNUITIANS
INNUITIANS
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Nunavut and the Northwest Territories
THE INNUITIANS FORMED WHEN
PLATES COLLIDED AND MADE
MOUNTAINS
THE AREA IS MADE UP OF
SEDIMENTARY ROCK
DESCRIPTION
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LOW MOUNTAINS
GLACIERS
ROCKY
NO TREES
RESOURCES & POPULATION
RESOURCES
 OIL and GAS DEPOSITS
 ANIMALS for food (hunting)
POPULATION
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LOW POPULATION
Most people that live in this region are
Inuit
HUNTING
ARCTIC
ARCTIC
ARCTIC
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SERIES OF ISLANDS IN FAR NORTH
MOST OF THE REGION WAS SCRAPED
BARE BY MOVING ICE (GLACIERS),
THEN DROWNED BY WATER WHEN
THE ICE MELTED
THE SURFACE OF THE LAND IS VERY
ROCKY WITH VERY LITTLE PLANT LIFE
DESCRIPTION
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MANY ISLANDS
VERY ROCKY
NOT MANY
PLANTS
FLAT AND HILLY
PARTS
RESOURCES & POPULATION
RESOURCES
 OIL and GAS DEPOSITS
 ANIMALS (for food)
POPULATION
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VERY LOW POPULATION
Oil Extraction
Hunting