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Lecture 5: Demographics Flashcards

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What is Canada’s population?

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40.8m

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Is Canada’s population aging or getting younger?

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Aging

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Is the natural increase rate increasing or declining?

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Declining

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Describe the Indigenous birth rate

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High

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What are the 4 fastest growing provinces?

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ON, BC, AB, SA

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What are the main causes for growth in Saskatchewan? (3 reasons)

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  • strong resource base
  • growth in knowledge-based industries
  • construction industry in Saskatoon and Regina
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What is physiological density?

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Number of people per square km of arable land - we are comparable to USA

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What is population distribution?

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The disperal of people within a geographical area

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Describe Canada’s population distribution

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One of least evenly dispersed in world - most canadians (75%) live within 100km of USA

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What constitutes an urban settlement?

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A settlement with a population of at least 1000 and density of at least 400ppl/km2

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What percentage of Canada’s population is urban?

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82%

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What decade did Canada start becoming urban?

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1920s

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What are the 6 1-million plus cities?

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Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton

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What is a Census Metropolitan Area?

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An urban area (100k+) combined with adjacent suburban areas that have a high degree of social or economic integration with that urban area

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What is urban sprawl?

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The tendency for cities to expand horizontally and not vertocally

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Which population zone is growing most unevenly?

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Moderately Populated Zone

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What is the crude birth rate?

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Number of births per 1000 people per year

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What is the crude death rate?

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Number of births per 1000 people per year

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What is the rate of natural increase?

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Difference between crude birth and death rates

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What is net migration?

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Difference between immigration and emigration

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Why has the crude birth rate fallen dramatically over the course of the last 100 years?

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  • moving from rural areas to cities
  • increase in women in labour force
  • widespread acceptance of family plnning methods
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Why has the crude death rate fallen dramatically over the course of the last 100 years?

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  • medical advances
  • improved nutrition
  • better healthcare
  • reduced smoking rates
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What is replacement fertility?

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Number of children a woman would need to have to replace herself

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What is Canada’s replacement fertility?

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2.1 (slightly more boys, infant mortality)

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What is demographic transition theory?
Historical shift of birth rates and death rates from high levels to low levels in a population - the decline in death rates precedes the decline in birth rates
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What is Phase 1: late preindustrial, when was Canada in it?
- high birth rates and death rates - little to no natural increase - Canada in 1800s
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What is Phase 2: Early industrial, when was Canada in it?
- falling death rates - high rates of natural increase - Canada in early 1900s
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What is Phase 3: Late industrial, when was canada in it?
- falling birth rates - high but declining rates of natural increase - Canada in 50s-60s
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What is Phase 4: Early Post-Industrial
- low birth rates and low death rates - little to no natural change - canada 70s onwards
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What is Phase 5: Late Post-Industrial?
- birth rate has fallen below death rate - natural decrease - ex: Japan, Russia
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When were baby boomers born?
1946 to 1964
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Where is proportion of youth highest in Canada?
Prairies and Territories
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Where is proportion of elderly highest in Canada?
Atlantic Canada
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What is the dependency ratio?
Ratio of dependant age group (14- and 65+)
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What are the subcategories of the dependancy ratio?
youthn dependancy ratio and old age dependancy ratio
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What is the trend of youth dependancy ratio
1961: 68 youth / 100 working age 1991: 25 youth / 100 working age 2021: 24 youth / 100 working age
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What is the trend of old age dependency ratio?
1961: 14 elderly / 100 working age 1991: 18 elderly / 100 working age 2021: 29 elderly / 100 working age
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What are the implications of rising old age dependancy?
- gov health care costs to increase as baby boomers get older - propotionally fewer working taxpayers to cover these costs
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Why does federal government want immigration?
- to keep population growing - newcomers add to Canada's workforce and pay tax - to help refugees - some immigrants are more willing to do seasonal jobs
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What is allophone and how much of Canada's population is it?
someone whos main language isnt english or french - 25%
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when is the death rate expected to outnumber birth rates?
2030
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How much of Canada are immigrants?
25%
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What is an ethnic group?
Members of a population who share a culture that is distinct from other groups​
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What is culture?
The learned collective behaviour of a group of people​
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What is the best tool for maintaining a culture?
language
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What is the only billingual province?
NB
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Is Canada or USA melting pot or cultural mosaic?
Canada - cultural mosaic USA - melting pot
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What is a melting pot?
heterogenous culture that becomes more homogenous over time
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What is a cultural mosaic?
mix of ethnic groups that co-exist but remain distinct
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What percentage of immigrants settle in Toronto, Van, and MTL
57% - proposals to encourage setteling elsewhere have not been passed (not very Canadian to tell people they cant live here)
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How fast is Indigenous populaiton growing compared to Canadian population?
6x
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What are the 4 phases of indigenous population growth?
pre contact 1500-1940 1940-1960 1960 to present
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Describe the pre contact phase of indigenous growth
population sized varied depnding on availability of food, whether, and animal migrations
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describe the 1500-1940 phase of indigenous growth
exposure to new diseases and loss of hunting lands caused decrease in poulation
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describe the 1940-1960 phase of indigenous population growth
rising birth rates and relatively high death rates
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describe the 1960-present phase for indigenous population growth
high birth rates and lower death rates (nearly 1.9m)
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what are the 4 economic sectors?
primary secondary tertiary quaternary
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describe primary economic sector
activites inolving extracting natural resources (fishing, forestry, mining)
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describe secondary economic sector
activities that process or assemble raw matrerials (auto manufacturing, meat packing, paper making)
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describe the tertiary economic sector
sale or exchange of goods or services (retail. health care, education, law)
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describe the quaternary economic sector
processing of knowledge that leads to decision making by companies and governments
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what are the charecteristics of a knowledge based economy?
- large proportion of highly educated citizens - urbanized population - priority on scientific research with gov financial support

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