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Why would you expect most people in Canada to settle near the United States border?

Northern Canada is much colder and less habitable.
Most Canadians work at jobs on American farms.
Canadians are allowed to travel between the two countries without any restriction.
Canada taxes citizens in southern provinces less than citizens in northern Canada.


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Answer: Most people in Canada is settled near the United States border because northern Canada is much colder and less habitable.

Explanation: The majority (more than 85%) of Canadians reside less than 1.5 hours' drive from the US. In other words, the south of the country is where the majority of the population is concentrated. The three northern territories—Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut—are enormous and sparsely populated, with the majority of the locals working in the mining sector. The remote and unknown northern regions of Canada are home to the oil city of Edmonton in the province of Alberta, which is the farthest north among the reference cities for the country's geography.

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Most people in Canada is settled near the United States border because northern canada is much colder and less habitable

More than 85% of the population of Canada lives less than an hour and a half by car from the United States. That is, the population is concentrated almost entirely in the south of the country. The three northern territories - Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut - are as huge as they are depopulated, with only a few populations dedicated mainly to the mining industry. The northern territories of Canada are as unknown as isolated and, among the reference cities of the geography of Canada, the northernmost is the oil Edmonton, in the province of Alberta.

The northern region of Canada is literally in the Arctic Circle and in winter can reach temperatures close to -40°F. In addition, the southern regions, both to the west in Vancouver, and to the east in Ottawa, Toronto or Montreal are basically extensions of North American cities across the border.

Another factor to be taken into account when looking at the Canadian demographic distribution is the presence of water, both from the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and from the Superior, Ontario and Huron lakes that separate the US from Canada. As is known, water masses function as thermoregulators that capture solar heat during the day and release it during the night, making temperatures not as extreme as in continental zones.

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