f--ing exam 3 Flashcards
bond between quebec heartland and ontario heartland is
economic
staples trade for ontario and quebec involved
wheat
1840, most canadian wheat grown in
ontario
city with more than 100,000 people in 1881
montreal
sequence of settlement of the shield determined by
demand for specific minerals
heartland extends west-east for
1000 km
heartland had what precentage of canadians
50%
sheilds biggest hydroelectric power developments are in
quebec
birthplace of most in toronto
canada
aboriginal people in toronto
40 000
distribution of service industries when urbanization expands
toronto has 4 million people
as city expands, people on outskirts dont want to drive to city core to get services, go shopping etc. so shopping and service centres are built on the outskirts. with continued expansion, the city becomes a series of shopping and service centres with a city core at its centre
more highways built to alleviate traffic to these different pockets
more shopping and service centres built so people do not have to travel as far
quebecs population moved to new england in early 20th century, then came back, why?
they went to new england because there was more land, more jobs in mills and tanneries, and generally more profts to be had. Quebec was beomcing crowded and the land distributions narrow.
they came back after a series of event threatened french canadian culture:
- -less power for catholic church
- -hanging of louis reil 1829
- -federal legislature removing french education
- -general disregad for french culture by rest of canada
- -they banded to gether to preserve their unique culture and their language.
advantages to niagara peninsula that helped it become a leading fruit and wine producing region
- proximity to the heartland of ontario created a demand for fruit and wine
- not all land was fertile enough for growing, that portion good for livestock farming
- they are unique because they do not mainly grow apples, instead they grow peaches,apples are only a minority
-lake ontario plain to the north of escarpement has
better soil and better microclimates, southern area is better for hay-pasture-dairy farming.
-ideal climate and agricultural conditons and access to consuming market made them leading producer
upper canada
- 1791 british parliment constitution act
- upper canada is actually further south than lower canada, has to do with flow of st. lawrence river
- boundary for political reasons, french speaking catholic region and english region with british laws and customs
upper canada is southern ontario today
region dominates all others in terms of output in economy, and significant population.
english
tariffs
gov helped develop heartland by introducing tariff protection to retect against foreign competition
- institutionalized in 1879 as part of national policy by macdonald
- tariffs helped ontario and quebec build national domestic market
canadians supporting its own economy
hundreds pf american companies began building manufacturing plants in southern ontario to jump the tariff barrier and gain access to canadian markets
–only further supported ontarios heartland
1960–american corporations accounted over half of central canadas manufacturing output
national policy and tariffs reason for industril heartland of canada
