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Only a small portion of Canada is livable (basically along the US border) - so it is quite small in that regard. Also, 50% of them live further south than the U
by jejeyyy77 3y ago
Only a small portion of Canada is livable (basically along the US border) - so it is quite small in that regard. Also, 50% of them live further south than the US border: http://i1.wp.com/metrocosm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/canada-population-line-map.png?w=646 http://i1.wp.com/metrocosm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ca...
- voisin 3y agoLivable to what standard? I think you mean “developed” and the country could easily be developed to the latitude of Edmonton or Prince George, it just isn’t because the population hasn’t reached a density that has demanded northern expansion. There’s nothing that makes it inherently un-livable.
- TMWNN 3y agoThe parts of Canada that aren't settled (and aren't actually in or near the Arctic Circle) are that way not because of temperature, but because the soil is almost entirely unarable: Either rocky Canadian Shield, or "swallows locomotives overnight" muskeg (plus infinite numbers of mosquitos).
- bee_rider 3y agoThe livable part of the US is pretty much neighbors with the livable part of Canada, in my yankee opinion.
- theironhammer 3y agoAgreed. An Australia same. In NZ most people live on the Northern Island. Because better soils, less rugged terrain and milder climate.
- theironhammer 3y agoTHIS!!!*!
- TMWNN 3y agoMore Americans than Canadians live north of the southernmost point of Canada. 15% of Americans live north of Windsor, Ontario. <https://np.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/6pgby8/til_that_more_americans_than_canadians_live_north/ https://np.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/6pgby8/til_th...>