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Pt1420 Unit 3 Assignment

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In 1996 the largest population consisted of people aged 30-50, there were not as many people in the dependency load. In 2011, there were more people aged 40-65, who are getting close to retirement. There are not as many babies being born today as previous years because people are choosing to not have as many children. The baby boomers are getting older and there will soon be more people in the dependency load as the workforce. In 2011 there were more people ages 85 and up because nowadays people have been able to live longer.
c. Many people have immigrated to St. johns because they work for the provincial government. People move there for the fishing, which is a major industry in St. Johns. 1.9% …show more content…

2011 is a stationary population pyramid. There is roughly an even amount of people in each age group except that there are less people aged 70 and up. For 1995, it is an expansive pyramid because there are a lot more people in the younger ages. There was a large workforce with a lot of younger aged people in the dependency load. Both pyramids reflect a high birth rate, there are a lot of children under the age of 4 in the Northwest Territories.
c. Yellowknife has around 500 immigrants who have arrived recently between 2001 and 2006. The immigrants make up 3% of the population, 36% come from the Philippines, 18% come from Ghana, 9% from Vietnam, 7% from the U.S and 5% of China. As a result of the cold climate and a small population of 20 000, not many immigrants have chosen to live in …show more content…

The Taiga Shield Ecozone is made up of wetlands, shrublands, meadows and open forests. This Ecozone is a subarctic region therefore, the cold temperatures make it hard for vegetation to grow. There are trees, such as the coniferous species black and white spruce, tamarack, and dwarf pines. Most of them are stunted and do not reach full growth because of the climate. The tree line is at the northern edge of the Taiga Shield Ecozone and beyond the tree line is where the arctic tundra is. The soils found in this Ecozone are very thin and highly leached. The Taiga Shield has igneous, metamorphic and, sedimentary rock. These types of rocks are located in the Taiga Shield because of the volcanoes that formed it originally and the

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