Landform Regions

Western Cordillera

This region is Canada's second-tallest mountain range and the longest river. Due to the cold climate, permafrost covers most of the area, and few trees grow there.

Cougar

Sitka spruce

Coniferous

Bobcat

Pacific silver fir

Coniferous.

The provinces it is located in is British Columbia, the Yukon, southwest Alberta and part of the North West Territories.

Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowland

Glaciers dug out massive lakes in this region. The fertile soil is used mostly for agriculture purposes, a practice dating back to the planting of the Three Sisters crops. A lot of trees and water.

Moose

Maple

Deciduous

Otter

Oak

Deciduous.

The provinces it is located in is Ontario and Quebec.

Hudson Bay Lowlands

This region has the youngest mountains in Canada. People from all over the world come here to ski and hike. Over the centuries, 30 indigenous languages have been developed in the region. It has Great-looking mountains and lakes.

Snow geese

Stunted Tamarack

Deciduous.

Willow Ptarmigan

Black Spruce

Coniferous.

The provinces it is located in is Ontario, with smaller portions reaching into Manitoba and Quebec.

Interior Plains

This region is mostly flat and has mineral-rich soil. Agriculture and resource extraction are popular industries. In the 1800s, an estimated 168,000 bison roamed the land.

Mule deer

Fir

Subtopic

Pronghorn antelopes

Pine

Subtopic

The provinces it is located in is Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Canadian shield

This region is home to the oldest Canadain mountain range. Weathering and erosion have flattened their peaks the Beothuk had custom surrounding the region's re clay.

Black Bear

Black spruce

Coniferous.

Blue Jays

White spruce

Coniferous.

The provinces it is located in is Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

Arctic and Innuitian Mountains

This rocky, wet region covers half of Canada. It contains some of the oldest metamorphic and igneous rock in the world. The Laurentide Ice sheet flattened the rocks, forming a massive shield-shaped bedrock.