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unit 3 chapter 10

A Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) is a city in Canada with a population of at least 100,000 people. Immigrants in Canada tend to settle predominantly in Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta.

unit 3 chapter 10

Where do the most immigrants settle in Canada: In Canada the provinces that immigrants are more likely to settle in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta.

What is CMA: CMA stands for Census Metropolitan area which means any city that has at least 100 000 people as its population

How is Canada's population changing and why does it matter to our future?

Immigration point system

What do government officials look for when accepting new immigrants: the government of Canada looks for immigrants who can speak English or French as well as have a good education, work experience , young age and their adaptability to society
How many points are required for a refugee and an immigrant with over $800 000: for a refugee with valid evidence could enter Canada with no points while an immigrant with $800 000 Canadian could enter with only 35 points
How many points are required for a standard immigrant with only the minimum amount of money: an immigrant arriving to Canada must have up to 67 points

Key terms

dependency load: the percentage of population that is non working. it is conventionally defined as including people younger than the age of 15 and older than the age of 65
population pyramid: a type of graph that shows population distribution with age and gender
refugee: someone who moves to another country due to fear of cruel/inhumane treatment in his or her home country as a result of race, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, political opinion or membership to specific social groups
Pull factor: a reason that makes a particular country seems attractive to potential immigrants
Push factor: a reason that encourages people to move away from their current country
Double time: the length of time for a country's population to double at a particular population growth rate
Rule of 70: the simple calculation to estimate doubling time (70 divided by population growth rate
population growth rate: natural increase rate plus the net migration rate
emigration rate: the number of emigrants moving from a country per year per 1000 people
# of emigrants divided by the population times 1000
net migration: The emigration rate minus the immigration rate
Natural increase rate: birth rate minus the death rate
Birth rate minus the death rate
Death Rate: The number of deaths in a population per year per 1000 people
# of deaths divided by the population times 1000
Birth Rate: The number of births in a population per year per 1000 people
# of births divided by the population times 1000
Demography: The study of human population
Emigrant: A person who leaves one country to another
Immigrant: A person who moves to one country from another

immigration rate: the number of immigrants moving from a country per year per 1000 people

# of immigrants divided by the population times 1000

Canada's populations

What kind of supports does Canada give to their immigrants: Canada offers new immigrants things such as education for their young as well as recreation. Canada also offers health care and housing
Which CMAs do most immigrants settle in: Most immigrants settle in places like Toronto and Vancouver due to the opportunities that these cities have for income
When did most immigrants arrive in Canada: Most immigrants came to Canada during the year 1913 when over 413 000 people immigrated to Canada.
Where are there issues with illegal immigrants: places like The USA and Libya could have issues with illegal immigrants due to the fact that immigrants would cross the land borders into these countries
Illegal and Legal immigrants: An Illegal immigrant would be and immigrant who leaves their own country to join another on non legal terms while a legal immigrant would come to the country with paperwork and have passed the immigration test of the country
Intervening obstacles: An intervening obstacle to come to Canada would be any sort of criminal record even if it is arguing with the government or for a crime they did not commit. another obstacle could be paperwork and income.
Pull factors: some pull factors that bring people to Canada could be opportunities to gain income and education for immigrants
Push factors: some push factors could be a bad government as well as high levels of pollution as well as poverty

Human demographics

How does education levels of mothers effect childbirth: it is proven that mothers with a higher education because if they have a higher level of education they would know how to prevent pregnancy and how pregnancy could effect thier lives
One child policy: the one child policy in china was made to prevent over population and resource consumption. the rule was only one child per couple
How many children can a women have to live comfortably over her lifetime: an average human female can have up to 15 children in her life to live comfortably
what are the reasons for having children: the most common reason would be to have heirs to the family name or workers and potentially because the parents prefers not to be alone
concept of exponential growth: every time the number doubles would be considered a part of exponential growth

Internal migration

What are the factors that influence migration: There is Permanent migration where economy is better than the current economy or the country isn't safe. there is also temporary migration where an immigrant is moving to a country due to education or a job. finally there is Indigenous migration where indigenous peoples have to move because the way they are treated or because they can't get a job due to their religion
what is Intraprovincial migration: moving within a province
what is Interprovincial migration: moving from province to province
what is International migration: moving from a country to another

Population pyramids

what is a population boom: a population boom is when the population increases due to the high amount of children being born as an effect of war.
What is a population pyramid: a graph that shows the population and is categorized by age and gender
What is Dependency load: the age to population ration

Canadian indigenous groups

What are Residential Schools: Schools built for the sole reason to assimilate young indigenous peoples into the European way
What is a Band: a Band is an indigenous community within a reserve
What is Assimilation: assimilation is when one cultural group was integrated into another group and were forced to give up their past beliefs and practices
What was the Royal Proclamation of 1763: The royal proclamation states that the land to the west of the colonies from Europe belongs to the indigenous peoples where they wouldn't disturb the Europeans
Reserves: Pockets of land that couldn't be used for the British and French and was used to hold indigenous peoples
Aboriginal treaties: the agreements between the crown of Britain or France and indigenous peoples
Indian act of 1857
Effects of the Indian act: The indigenous people of Canada have lost their rights and children and were forced into another culture as well as give up their religion
Purpose: To respect the indigenous rights and help assimilate them into the settler population. this also guaranteed their peoples protection if they gave up land
Groups names and classifications
Non status first nations: An individual who has not been registered meaning that they do not gain services and programs as status first nations do
Status first nations: An individual recognized by the federal government as a registered Indian and is entitled to services and programs
Inuit: the people of the arctic known for their hunting and dog sleds. Formerly known as Eskimos; population 59000
Metis: the metis are a mixed group of European and indigenous ancestry; population: 45000