Provincial Capitals
The capital city of Alberta
Edmonton
Toronto is located on the shore of this Great Lake
Lake Ontario
Industries which extract raw materials such as mining, farming, forestry etc.
Primary Sector
The amount of people in a certain amount of space, calculated by dividing total population by area
Population density
The study of the Earth's natural landscape, human population, and the interaction between them
Geography
The capital city of British Columbia
Victoria
The Great Lake with the largest surface area
Lake Superior
A non-renewable resource created over millions of years from decomposed plants and animals, used to generate heat and energy
Fossil Fuels
A main city, also known as an urban core, and all of the suburbs in its surrounding region, such as the Greater Toronto Area or Greater Montreal
Metropolitan area
The ratio between the distance shown on a map compared to the real world distance it represents
Scale
The capital city of Nova Scotia
Halifax
The region of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba is often referred to by this name because of its very flat terrain
The Prairies
Natural resources such as trees and fish which can replenish themselves naturally
Renewable resources
Physical structures that provide services in a community, such as electrictal wires and power plants, plumbing, roads and train tracks etc.
Infrastructure
A guide that tells you what the symbols and/or colours on a map mean
Legend
The capital city of Newfoundland and Labrador
St Johns
The provinces on Canada's Atlantic coast are also known by this name
The Maritimes
Industries that deliver or sell products and services
Tertiary Sector
The statistical study of human populations
Demographics
A coordinate system used to measure absolute locations anywhere on the Earth's surface
Latitude and longitude
The capital city of New Brunswick
Fredericton
The only one of the five Great Lakes that is located entirely within the United States
Lake Michigan
Resources such as wind and sunlight which are always present in nature but vary in power from day to day
Flow resources
The ratio of a population who are unable to work, mainly children and the elderly, compared to people who are able to work
Dependency load/ratio
A type of map which shows the elevation of a place's terrain
Topographic map