Global warming has the possibility to become a problem for Canada. The terrain’s regions would affect the population density. An increase in  temperature in Canada would result in obvious differences in each topography region. People’s settlement patterns would differ.

Terrain and temperature are the main reasons that affect people’s settlement. People are more likely to settle in areas with a flat landscape and warm, decent temperatures rather than a rocky landscape with freezing cold temperatures.

Appalachian Region:

In case of global warming, an important change in population will occur in this region. People would either chose to continue living in this region  (population increase) or they would chose to move somewhere else with similar temperature but less populated. Likewise, this region is mostly made up of Canadian islands thus, there is a limited amount of space, pushing the population into finding a different place to settle in.

The Canadian Shield Region:

In case of global warming, this region would not be much affected by the fluctuation in population. This area is mainly rock, thus not many people tend to settle here because growing food is difficult in this region.

The Arctic Region:

Only a handful people currently live here because of the extremely cold temperature. However, in case of globe warming, this area would have an increase in temperature, making more people chose to settle here. So, the population density level would increase just a little because this region is still going to have fairy cold temperatures overall.

The St. Lawrence Lowlands:

The population here would increase because of its excellent agriculture & flat landscape. In case of global warming, many people would settle here, creating a high population density region.

The Interior Plains:

The population here would spread out throughout Canada. The population would increase because people will want to travel to this area (flat landscape).

The Cordillera:

In case of global warming, the population here would become more dense because there is not a lot of space to spread out on the rocky surface. The already inhibited places would attract even more people, causing an increase in population density.