Site and Situation Factors

Regions of Canada

Yarmouth, Nova ScotiaSite Factors

• Fishing

Situation Factors• Transportation

– Boats, Train• Trade

– Sea Port

Saint John, New BrunswickSite Factors

• Abundant Trees– Logging– Mills– Construction

Situation Factors• Trade• Markets

Toronto, Ontario

• Situation Factors– Transportation

• Great Lakes• Railway

– Markets• Central Location

– Trade• Manufacturing• USA

Saskatoon, SaskatchewanSite Factors

• Fertile Soil– Farming

Situation Factors• Trade• Markets

Lloydminster, AlbertaSite Factors

• Presence of Minerals/Resources

– Oil

• Fertile Soil– Farming

Situation Factors– Trade– Markets

Victoria, British Columbia Site Factors

• Presence of Minerals/Resources

• Mines

• Abundant Trees• Logging

Situation Factors• Transportation

– Sea Port

• Trade• Markets

The NorthFrobisher Bay, Nunavut

• Site Factors– Presence of Minerals

• Gold• Coal

• Oil Exploration

Atlantic Canada

Logging

Fishing

Central Canada

Manufacturing

Trade with USA

The Prairies

Farming

Oil

British Columbia

Logging

Mining

The North

Oil Exploration

Gold Mining