impact on the country's development Assignment PDF

Every country has a unique geography and population. Canada is the second-largest country
in the world with 9.1 million square kilometers landmass. There are three oceans that touch
the border of Canada, namely Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and arctic ocean. Canada shares
approximately 9000 kilometers border with the U.S. , which is also known as the longest
border in the world and most of the Canadians lives close to this border. Canada is a diverse
country, with an approximate population of 38 million people. Ontario is ranked First with
the vast majority of the population. In this assignment, we intend to discuss all the factors of
Canadian supply chain business and their patterns and trends at length.
Canadian Geography
Geography has a vital role in the development of any country. It has a direct impact on trade
and transportation. For example, it is hard to move a bulk amount of freight in a landlocked

country, as for moving dry bulk and liquid bulk cargo in larger quantities water transportation
is the efficient mode in monetary terms. For a landlocked region it is comparatively more
expensive to move such kind of goods. So, we can say that geography is a key player in any
country’s trade and transportation.
Canada is the second largest country in the world with an area of 9,970,610 square
kilometres. Despite the vastness, Canada is one of the sparsely populated countries and one
among the countries which have large number of natural resources such as oil and natural
gase, zinc, potassium, iron, coal, gold and diamonds.
Canada shares its border only with the US. The length of US- Canada border is about 8891
km, and it is the lengthiest international border in the world. Canada has a coastline of around
243,042 km and Canada has its border with three oceans, Artic in the north, Atlantic Ocean in
the east and Pacific Ocean in the west.
Out of thirteen provinces and territories Alberta and Saskatchewan are the only two
landlocked provinces in Canada, with rest of the provinces and territories have border with
oceans. The north-western part of Canada comprises of three provinces, i.e., Nunavut,
Northwest territories, and Yukon are heavily inhabited because of the long winters and heavy
snowfall. The extreme northern part of Canada is covered with glaciers and high mountains.
The highest mountain peak in Canada is mount Logan, located near Alaska -US border. The
height of this mountain is around 5959 metres and other four big mountains which come next
to mount Logan is also in Yukon. The west coast of the Canada i.e., the region that includes
British Columbia is comparatively better to live. The most salient feature of Canadian
geography is that, Canada has several large blue lakes as well as numerous rivers, mountains,
and Canadian shield. Canadian shield is an area which has been formed by volcanic
mountains and it is in central Canada. The Canadian shield in mainly located in central
Canada. Central Canada comprises of two provinces Quebec and Ontario. The provinces such
as Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island collectively
known as maritime provinces because all these provinces are islands that are located in
Atlantic region.
The largest province in Canada by area is Quebec, it occupies around fifteen percentage of
the total area in Canada. Ontario is the second largest province in terms of area whereas it is
the largest in terms of population. When it comes to territories, Nunavut is the largest
territory that accounts for around 21% of the total country’s size.

The major cities in Canada are Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, and Halifax.
Canada has 23 airports and 550 seaports; among the 550 seaports 17 are owned by Canada
port authorities. Vancouver port is the largest port in Canada as well as third largest in North
America which has 29 terminals for handling cargo. Other than Vancouver port, Port of
Montreal, Port of Prince Rupert, Port of Halifax, and Port of Saint John are the major
seaports in Canada.
Population
The total number of people who lives in a particular place is called population.
Population in Canada
Total population Rank in world(population) density
37.97million(approximately) 39 4 / square km
Count of inhabitants in Canada is almost 37.97 million, which is 0.48% of the total world
population. Canada ranks at 39 in the list of countries by population. The density of
population is approximately Four persons per square km.
Population distribution
Uniform trend cannot be observed in the distribution of Canada’s population.
Southern part of Canada is inhabited with maximum number of inhabitants, while northern
area mostly remains uninhabited.
The reason why most people do not like to live in northern part of Canada is the cold
climate, that gets inhospitable to human being as anyone go to the north pole.
Mostly population like to live in large cities such as Quebec City, Windsor, Vancouver,
Calgary and Toronto (Ontario, highly populated province).