Population Stats
What is the current population of Canada?
40 million
Define greenbelt
An area of rural land around a city that cannot be built on
What is the Indigenous name for North America?
Turtle Island
What drainage basin are we located in?
Atlantic drainage basin
What is CMA?
Census metropolitan area- An urban area in Canada with a population over 100,000
What is the largest CMA in Canada
Toronto
What is urban sprawl?
Largely uncontrolled expansion of cities onto adjacent rural lands
What is a treaty?
A nation to nation agreement
CPRI is classified as what type of land use?
Institutional
What is a census?
Every 5 years
What makes a community livable?
Affordability, employment opportunities, good health care
What Indigenous neighbour group has been under a boil water advisory since 2019?
Oneida Nation
Explain residential land use
Residential land use contains subdivisions and various types various types of housing (high, medium, and low density)
What is population density?
The amount of people living within a defined area
What were the first four provinces to join the confederation?
Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
Why is Highway 413 an example of a land use conflict?
Who is Autumn Peltier?
A young Indigenous leader who spoke at the UN to raise awareness for safe drinking water for Indigenous peoples in Canada
What is a drainage basin?
The area of land in which all water flows (drains) to the same water body (rivers, lakes, oceans, etc.)
Define liveability
All the characteristics of a community that contribute to the quality of life of the people who live there