Canada: Changing Populations
Supporting provincial and territorial geography and social studies courses and home schooling from coast to coast to coast, including CGC-1D in Ontario
Statistics Canada
Need Census Data? Use the Census Profile link to the right →
Extensive, up-to-date population profiles and maps of provinces, territories, CMAs, cities, census tracts and census dissemination areas.
Population & Demographics
Canada's Population Clock
Population Density, 2015
Canada - Worldmapper Gridded Population
Why 50% of Canadians live south of tis line
RealLifeLore 10min
Canada's Population Characteristics
Virtual High School 2:30
Population of Canada by Province and Territory 1871 - 2021
Statistics & Data 3min
Population of Canada (2021 Census)
Atals Canada 14min
ACTIVITY
Let's Discover Canada
Online interactive mapping activity using ESRI ArcGIS
Census Mapper
Extensive Interactive Map using Statistics Canada Data for everywhere in Canada
First Nations, Métis and Inuit Populations in Canada
Infographic - Statistics Canada
Multiculturalism
GeoMinute: 50 years of Multiculturalism
Canadian Geographic - 1min
Where are you from?
Many Canadians struggle with the identity question
CBC The National - 3min
Canada's Multiculturalism - Worth Defending
TEDx Ottawa - 20min
Coming to Canada: The Courage to be Multicultural
TEDx Langley - 9min
Population Pyramids
Population Pyramids
(TED Ed 5:01)
Population Pyramid - Animated
Population Pyramid
Interactive over Time - PopulationPyramid.net
Animation: Canada, Population, 1950-2020
Wikimedia Commons
(Non-loop version)
Canada's Ageing Population, Francophones, CMAs
Looming fears of the impact of Canada's Ageing Population
CBC The National - 2min
1 in 5 Canadians nearing Retirement
CBC News - 4min
Canada's Ageing Population and the Strain on the Economy
The News Forum - 5min
Seniors in Canada
Infographic CIHI
Indigenous Canada
First Nations, Métis and Inuit Populations in Canada
Infographic - Statistics Canada
Indigenous Peoples and Lands
Interactive Map - Gov't of Canada
Native Groups, Territories & Treaties
Interactive map - Native-Lands.ca
Indigenous Languages
Canadian Encyclopedia
How to talk about Indigenous People
(CBC News 2:37)
Wab Kinew: Top 5 Stereotypes
towards Indigenous people in Canada (Strombo 1:44)
Wab Kinew: 500 years in two minutes
(CBC Docs 2:03)
Beyond94 : Progress towards Truth and Reconciliation in Canada (CBC News Interactive)
Paths to Reconciliation
Residential School Map and Unmarked Burial Site Map
Interactive Maps - Canadian Geographic
Inuit Profiles Map
First Nations Profiles Interactive Map
Indigenous Peoples and Lands
Canadian Government Map Room
Land Claims of the Six Nations of the Iroquois
Stories from the Land: Indigenous Place Names in Canada
CanGeo: Canada's Original place Names (gEarth)
University of Maine: Coming Home - Map of Indigenous place names in Canada
(Original Map: 109mb PDF)
Longest Place Name in Canada (FB - CBC Kids 3:05)
The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company (NFB 43: 27)
Though dated (1972) the Indigenous perspective is very helpful.
Truth before reconciliation: 8 ways to identify and confront Residential School denialism (TheConversation)
Immigration and Inter-provincial Migration
Alysha Brilla: Immigrant
music video describing her experience as an immigrant to Canada (4:24
Lyrics are found here
Canada: Immigration Levels 1860-2020
CanadaVisa.com
Canada Immgration Levels 2022-2025
CanadaVisa.com
Immigration Visuals
Stats Canada
Why Canada is making an immigration push
NBC Nightly News - 4:30
Canada's Immigration System
Citizenship & Immigration Canada - 2min
150 years of Immigration
Citizenship & Immigration Canada - 3min
Immigration Data
Note: Data is also available from Statistics Canada for income, Age & Sex, Aboriginal Peoples, etc.
