Geography Chapter 7 review

Challenges to early Canadian Unity

By the end of the 18th century Canada had become a land of two districts cultures Roman Catholic French and Protestant English conflicts erupted between the two groups and in 1791 the British government split Canada into two provinces or political units upper Canada later Ontario located near the Great Lakes had an English-speaking majority Wall lower Canada Quebec located along the St Lawrence River had a french-speaking population client to the Northwest called Rubik's land was owned by a British fur trading company Over the next few decades Quebec City Montreal and Toronto developed as major cities in Canada population soared as large numbers of inimmigrants came from Great Britain Railways and Cardinals were built and explorers moved across the Western lands seeking better for a trading areas In 1867 it passed the Dominion was to be a loose Confederation or political Union of Ontario Upper Canada Quebec or lower Canada 82 British colonies on the Arctic Coast Nova Scotia and New Brunswick the Dominion had self-government

Canadia's main Industries

Farming logging Mining and fishing are important Canadian Industries They account from more than 10 percent of the country's GDP Only 5% of Canada's land is suitable for farming Most of their GDP It is made up of services 15 of it is made of manufacturing And a very small part is agriculture And the other little bit is other primary stuff

Core provinces

Quebec and And Ontario

Prairie provinces

Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta

Pacific province and territories

Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut With British Columbia being the Pacific Province