Chapter 6 Section 2; Cultural geography of Canada

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prairie provinces

Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta *part of North America's Corn Belt

Population density

8 people per square mile *90% of population lives along the USA border

Education and Healthcare

97% literacy rate *Canadian government helps its citizens pay for their healthcare-much more efficient than USA

Language

Canada has two official languages; French and English

French connection

Canada originally settled by French. (Named New France). *British eventually drive French control out of the area

Maritime provinces

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island

Loyalists

colonists who wished to remain loyal to British government and fled USA after the American Revolution

Art

Toronto-well known for theater and music *third highest production center in the world behind only NYC and London

Government

created as a Dominion-a partially self-governing country *Quebec is the only province with a majority of French people *Majority of French-speaking Canadians in Quebec support a separatist movement, meaning they want to break away and establish their own country

province

political unit similar to a state


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