Geography 2600: Western Canada
(West)
Beginning in the 1670s, which company managed much of Canada's western interior for
200 years? - ANS - The Hudson's Bay Company
\Between 1971 and 2011, the number of farms in Western Canada declined by nearly
50%. What factor was not associated with these restructuring of the agri-food system? -
ANS - NO ANSWER GIVEN
\By 2011, the Indigenous population comprised what proportion of Saskatoon's
residents? - ANS - 10%
\Clifford Sifton's recruitment of immigrants focused now which region? - ANS - Central
and Eastern Europe
\During the period where the Western Interior was being settled by immigrants from
Europe, which city was known as "The Gateway to the West"? - ANS - Winnipeg
\How is a Palliser's Triangle classified? - ANS - Semi-arid
\How many cities in Western Canada have populations greater than 1 million? - ANS - 2
\How many sub-regions are there in the Interior Plains? - ANS - 2
\If it proceeds, which pipeline project would involve converting an existing natural gas
pipeline to carry crude oil? - ANS - Energy East
\In 1910, which strain of wheat was developed? - ANS - Marquis
\In 2011, what proportion of the nation's population lived in Western Canada? - ANS -
18.5 per cent
\In 2015 Alberta accounts for roughly what percentage of Canada's crude oil
production? - ANS - 80 per cent
\In 2016, Indigenous people accounted for what percentage of Western Canada's total
population? - ANS - 10%
\In the nineteenth century, the semi-nomadic Indian tribes of the prairies primarily
hunted which animal? - ANS - Buffalo
\Lord Selkirk was founder of what? - ANS - Red River Settlement
\Notwithstanding Western Canada's strong economic position within Canada, what did
the unemployment rate in Alberta climb to by December 2016? - ANS - 9%
\Palliser's Triangle is an example of this type of regions. - ANS - Vernacular
\Palliser's Triangle overlaps which agriculture zone? - ANS - The Fertile Belt
\Rupert's Land was used exclusively for what purpose? - ANS - The fur trade
\Since World War II, most of Western Canada's economic and demographic growth has
occurred as a result of which resources? - ANS - Alberta's oil
(West)
Beginning in the 1670s, which company managed much of Canada's western interior for
200 years? - ANS - The Hudson's Bay Company
\Between 1971 and 2011, the number of farms in Western Canada declined by nearly
50%. What factor was not associated with these restructuring of the agri-food system? -
ANS - NO ANSWER GIVEN
\By 2011, the Indigenous population comprised what proportion of Saskatoon's
residents? - ANS - 10%
\Clifford Sifton's recruitment of immigrants focused now which region? - ANS - Central
and Eastern Europe
\During the period where the Western Interior was being settled by immigrants from
Europe, which city was known as "The Gateway to the West"? - ANS - Winnipeg
\How is a Palliser's Triangle classified? - ANS - Semi-arid
\How many cities in Western Canada have populations greater than 1 million? - ANS - 2
\How many sub-regions are there in the Interior Plains? - ANS - 2
\If it proceeds, which pipeline project would involve converting an existing natural gas
pipeline to carry crude oil? - ANS - Energy East
\In 1910, which strain of wheat was developed? - ANS - Marquis
\In 2011, what proportion of the nation's population lived in Western Canada? - ANS -
18.5 per cent
\In 2015 Alberta accounts for roughly what percentage of Canada's crude oil
production? - ANS - 80 per cent
\In 2016, Indigenous people accounted for what percentage of Western Canada's total
population? - ANS - 10%
\In the nineteenth century, the semi-nomadic Indian tribes of the prairies primarily
hunted which animal? - ANS - Buffalo
\Lord Selkirk was founder of what? - ANS - Red River Settlement
\Notwithstanding Western Canada's strong economic position within Canada, what did
the unemployment rate in Alberta climb to by December 2016? - ANS - 9%
\Palliser's Triangle is an example of this type of regions. - ANS - Vernacular
\Palliser's Triangle overlaps which agriculture zone? - ANS - The Fertile Belt
\Rupert's Land was used exclusively for what purpose? - ANS - The fur trade
\Since World War II, most of Western Canada's economic and demographic growth has
occurred as a result of which resources? - ANS - Alberta's oil
