Canada is so large, why is the local population so small?

First of all, historically speaking, Canada is in the New World of the Americas, and before the opening of the New Voyages, it was mainly inhabited by a small number of indigenous people, such as Indians and Inuit. Later with the opening of the new route, European colonizers began to come to this land, at first it was France, then it became a British colony after being defeated by the British, the population of this place only grew slowly, this is only in the last few hundred years.

Canada is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, and much of the land to the north falls within the Arctic Circle. The lowest temperatures can reach minus 60 degrees. In addition, forests cover about 45 percent of the land. There is also about 10% of the area is rivers and lakes, such as the famous Niagara Falls next to Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, the main shipping channel St. Lawrence River and other Great Lakes. In addition, the eastern part of the high plateau, the central western region of the highest temperature can actually reach more than 40 degrees. Therefore, Canada's population is mainly concentrated in the south, several important cities Ottawa, Toronto in southeastern Ontario, where the climate is more moderate. Vancouver is located in the southwestern part of the country, where the climate is mild and humid. Therefore, the reasons of the natural environment, the climate, resulting in Canada suitable for living in relative to the vast area of the country, very few places.

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Another point is that Canada is a highly developed capitalist country, the residents have a different concept of life, they are more in pursuit of quality of life, not very willing to have children, the birth rate of the population is relatively low. That's why Canada has a smaller population.

In fact, in addition to Canada, Australia is more or less the same, its land area is about 7,692,000 square kilometers, but the population is only about 25 million. Russia is actually pretty much the same, not to mention that it has a population of more than 140 million, but more than 80% of its population lives in the European part of its territory, and the vast Far East is even larger than Canada, and probably has a smaller population than Canada!

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Canada's original inhabitants were originally small in number as well, mainly Indians and Inuit, and ended up as a British colony after the invasion of British and French colonists in the 16th century. Although nowadays it is said to be de facto independent from Britain, but in terms of demographic structure, a large part of them are still the descendants of the British and French, and less than 4% of the real native aborigines. There are also immigrants from Asia, the Americas, and people of African descent. As a country with several hundred years of colonial history, perhaps because of its remoteness from the British mainland, not many people came here in the past, and the population base is not high. In addition, there are pressures from various sources, and the existing population is not always willing to have more children, such as various cost constraints, and many developed countries are facing declining fertility rates. Despite the fact that some countries have increased their expenditures on family and child-related benefits, the fertility rate is still at a low level. On this point, it is evident from the fact that the birth rate did not increase after the opening of the existing two children in our country.

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