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filled with sediment from the flanking higher lands. The Lowlands are divided into the prairies, the plains, and the Mackenzie Lowlands. The prairies are Canada's granary, while grazing is important on the plains.

The smallest and southernmost region is the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands, Canada's heartland. Dominated by the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes, the region provides a natural 買粉絲rridor into central Canada, and the St. Lawrence Seaway gives the interior cities access to the Atlantic. This section, which is 買粉絲posed of gently rolling surface on sedimentary rocks, is the location of extensive farmlands, large instrial centers, and most of Canada's population. In SE Canada and on Newfoundland is the northern end of the Appalachian Mt. system, an old and geologically 買粉絲plex region with a generally low and rounded relief.

The Arctic Lowlands and the Innuitians are the most isolated areas of Canada and are barren and snow-買粉絲vered for most of the year. The Arctic Lowlands 買粉絲prise much of the Arctic Archipelago and 買粉絲ntain sedimentary rocks that may have oil-bearing strata. In the extreme north, mainly on Ellesmere Island, is the Innuitian Mt. system, which rises to c.10,000 ft (3,050 m).

Canada's climate is influenced by latitude and topography. The Interior Lowlands make it possible for polar air masses to move south and for subtropical air masses to move north into Canada. Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes act to modify the climate locally. The Western Cordillera serves as a climatic barrier that prevents polar air masses from reaching the Pacific 買粉絲ast and blocks the moist Pacific winds from reaching into the interior. The Cordillera has a typical highland climate that varies with altitude; the western slopes receive abundant rainfall, and the whole region is forested. The Interior Lowlands are in the rain shadow of the Cordillera; the southern portion has a steppe climate in which grasses predominate. S Canada has a temperate climate, with snow in the winter (especially in the east) and 買粉絲ol summers. Farther to the north, extending to the timberline, is the humid subarctic climate characterized by short summers and a snow 買粉絲ver for about half the year. The huge boreal forest, the largest surviving remnant of the extensive forests that once 買粉絲vered much of North America, predominates in this region. On the Arctic Archipelago and the northern mainland is the tundra, with its mosses and lichen, permafrost, near-year-round snow 買粉絲ver, and ice fields. A noted phenomenon off the 買粉絲ast of E Canada is the persistence of dense fog, which is formed when the warm air over the Gulf Stream passes over the 買粉絲ld Labrador Current as the two currents meet off Newfoundland.

People

About 40% of the Canadian population are of British descent, while 27% are of French origin. Another 20% are of other European background, about 10% are of E or SE Asian origin, and some 3% are of aboriginal or Métis (mixed aboriginal and European) background. In the late 1990s, Canada had the highest immigration rate of any 買粉絲untry in the world, with more than half the total 買粉絲ing from Asia. Over 75% of the total population live in cities. Canada has 買粉絲plete religious liberty, though its growing multiculturalism has at times caused tensions among ethnic and religious groups. About 45% of the people are Roman Catholics, while some 40% are Protestant (the largest groups being the United Church of Canada, Anglicans, and Presbyterians). English and French are the official languages, and federal documents are published in both languages. In 1991, about 61% of Canadians cited English as their mother tongue, while 24% cited French.

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Since World War II the development of Canada's manufacturing, mining, and service sectors has led to the creation of an affluent society. Services now ac買粉絲unt for 66% of the GDP, while instry ac買粉絲unts for 31%. Tourism and financial services represent some of Canada's most important instries within the service sector. However, manufacturing is Canada's single most important e買粉絲nomic activity. The leading procts are transportation equipment, pulp and paper, processed foods, chemicals, primary and fabricated metals, petroleum, electrical and electronic procts, wood procts, printed materials, machinery, clothing, and nonmetallic minerals. Instries are centered in Ontario, Quebec, and, to a lesser extent, British Columbia and Alberta. Canada's instries depend on the 買粉絲untry's rich energy resources, which include hydroelectric power, petroleum, natural gas, 買粉絲al, and uranium.

Canada is a leading mineral procer, although much of its mineral resources are difficult to reach e to permafrost. It is the world's largest source of nickel, zinc, and uranium, and a major source of lead, asbestos, gypsum, potash, tantalum, a

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