Vocabulary
What is demography?
The study of birth rates, death rates, and population trends.
What is interprovincial migration?
Moving from Alberta to British Columbia.
What is the Canada–United States border?
The longest international border that separates Canada and the US. (Most Canadians live within 100km of this border)
What are pull factors?
High wages, good healthcare, and quality education are examples of these.
What are jobs/employment opportunities?
Jobs available to individuals. People often settle in urban areas because there are more of these.
What are push factors?
These factors encourage people to leave their current location.
What is intraprovincial migration?
Moving from Toronto to Ottawa.
What is Southern Ontario?
This region of Ontario has a much higher population density than Northern Ontario.
What are push factors?
War, natural disasters, and political instability are examples of these.
What are healthcare, education, or public services?
Services available to individuals in an area. This service is often more available in cities than rural areas.
What is xenophobia?
Fear, dislike, or prejudice toward people from other countries.
What is immigration?
Moving from another country to Canada.
What is a population's age and gender structure?
Population pyramids are used to show this information.
True or False: Immigrants bring crime to Canada.
False
What is the economy?
The system a country, province, or community uses to produce, distribute, and consume goods and services.
What is population distribution?
The pattern of where people live across a geographic area.
What is emigration?
A family relocates from Canada to Germany and plans to stay there permanently.
What does a population pyramid look like if there is a high birth rate/young population?
A population pyramid with a wide base suggests this trend.
What is an aging population?
A shift in a country's demographic profile. Canada relies on immigration partly because of this demographic challenge.
What are dependents?
Children and seniors are often referred to as this group.
What is an emigrant?
A person leaving their home country permanently.
What is international migration?
Moving from one country to another permanently.
What does the population pyramid look like if there is an aging population with low birth rates?
A population pyramid with a narrow base and larger older population suggests this.
Explain the difference between an immigrant and an emigrant.
An immigrant arrives in a country, while an emigrant leaves their home country.
What is the dependency ratio?
The ratio comparing dependents to working-age adults.