Alberta also has a large ethnic population. Both the Chinese and East Indian communities are significant. According to Statistics Canada, Alberta is home to the second highest proportion (two percent) of Francophones in westernCanada(afterManitoba). Many of Alberta's French-speaking residents live ...
According to Statistics Canada, Alberta is home to the second highest proportion (two percent) of Francophones in western Canada (after Manitoba). Many of Alberta's French-speaking residents live in the central and northwestern regions of the province. As reported in the 2001 census, the ...
Whenever I travel, I like to look up the country’s world map because they always put their country in the middle of the map. This inevitably causes distortion in the distances between countries and the size of oceans as our planet is spherical. Seeing Canada shrink and stretch has always ...
This poster features many wild animals as well as a forest in the background. While Canada has a lot of natural beauty, not everyone has a view of the Rocky Mountains or the Canadian Shield outcroppings. According to Statistics Canada,66% of Canada’s populationnow lives within 100 kilometre...
There is a website called RinkWatch, which is a citizen-science project, gathering statistics on outdoor rinks. The map on the home page handily shows the outdoor rinks across Canada that are skateable or not on a given day.The Nunatsiaqonline reports that, because of climate change, the...
forest undergrowth that may otherwise be cleared by natural fires. Prescribed fires offer an opportunity for firefighters to reduce the amount of fuel in forests by burning contained areas. Other options, which should be implemented together, include limiting development in fire sensitive areas and ...
Fire is the main disturbance in North American coniferous boreal forests. In Northern Quebec, Canada, where forest management is not allowed, the landscape is gradually constituted of more opened lichen woodlands. Those forests are discontinuous and show
The sector with oblique lines located close to the border with Ontario corresponds to the fire origin map created by Bergeron et al. [7]. The red dots indicate the clay deposit distribution (QMFFP forest maps) corresponding to Québec’s Clay Belt. The aim of this study is to explain ...
With 2,500 to 3,000 words, you can understand 90% of everyday English conversations, English newspaper and magazine articles, and English used in the workplace. The remaining 10% you'll be able to learn from context, or ask questions about. However, it's essential to learn the right En...
In: Bernardo JM, Berger JO, Dawid AP, Smith AFM (eds) Bayesian statistics 4. Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK, pp 169–193 Google Scholar Hartman (1996) Impacts of growth in resource use and human population on the Nechako River: a major tributary of the Fraser River, British Columbia, ...