Canada: Physical Interactions
Supporting provincial and territorial geography and social studies courses and home schooling from coast to coast to coast, including CGC-1D in Ontario
Interactive gSlide set with maps of Landforms, Climate, Vegetation, Permafrost, Ecozones AND Climate Graphs from across Canada.
Canada: Relief Map (1.6mb)
(Wiki - more sizes)
Build your map-reading skills: Visit our page of Topographic Maps matched with Google Earth links
Exploring Landforms in Canada using ArcGIS Online
(ESRI Canada)
Landform Regions
Landform Regions
Physiographic Regions
Physiographic Regions (Canadian Encyclopaedia)
Canada's Jet Stream
LOWERN Videos
(Vimeo from TDSB)
What factors affect temperature?
(Geographer Online 6:54)
Natural Vegetation
Natural Vegetation Regions
Forest Regions
GeoHazards: Earthquakes, Climate, and Weather Hazards
Canadian Disaster Database
Public Safety Canada
Canada
Public Weather Alerts
Canada
Current Hurricane Tracks
Canada
Most Recent Earthquakes
Natural Events ArcGIS Online Activity
(zip file with instructional docs)
GetPrepared.ca
Preparing a Family Emergency Kit
GetPrepared,ca - (3:00
Hurricanes
Current Hurricane Tracks
Historical Hurricane Storm Tracks (CanadianGeographic)
When Hurricanes Track through Canada (CBC)
Earthquakes
Past Year of Earthquakes
Simplified Seismic Hazards Map
Historical Earthquakes
Mapping Canada's Biggest Earthquakes (Canadian Geographic)
‘Inevitable’ 9.0 earthquake, tsunami will hit Canada’s West Coast (GlobalNews)
How Canada is preparing for the next big earthquake (Canadian Geographic)
Tornadoes
Recent Tornadoes, by Year
(U Western Ontario)
Tornadoes 1980-2009
(Provincial Maps)
Tornadoes in Southern Ontario
11 of Canada’s worst tornado events over the years (TheStar)
List of 21st-century Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks (Wiki)
Tornado Information (Canadian Red Cross)
Volcanoes
Volcanoes in Canada
Volcanoes in Canada (USask)
Volcanism of Canada (Wiki)
National Parks & Ecozones
National Parks
(High Res 6.1mb)
Ecozones (Detailed Version)
Ecological Land Classification (Wiki)
Terrestrial Ecozones of Canada Descriptions (Dated, but still accurate)
Longest Rivers
Canada: River Basins
(Decolonial Atlas)
Where terranes collide - The Geology of Western Canada (Geology: 25min)
An oldie, but very complete explanationsFormation of Canada and North America
Cretaceous Q & A: Why are there so many dinosaur fossils in Alberta? (Royal Tyrrell Museum 2:1()
Appalachian Highlands
Formation of the Appalachian Mountains 480mya to 270mya (EARTH Magazine)
Formation of the Appalachian Mountains with captions ( Living Earth)
Western Cordillera
Formation of the Rocky Mountains
Wiki
How the Rocky Mountains Formed
1:04
Formation of British Columbia
QMI - 3:29
Terrane Accretion on BC and Yukon
OpenText-BC - Western Canada during the Mesozoic
Formation of the Rocky Mountains
OpenText-BC - Western Canada during the Mesozoic
Juan de Fuca Plate
off Vancouver, BC, Canada and the Pacific NW, USA
USGS
Deglaciation of North America
For more, see Continental Glaciation North America →
and Alpine Glaciation →