Name: _____________________________
Canada’s Physical Regions Research Project
Assignment 1: Major Cities and Towns
Answer questions1 and 2 on the blanks provided.
1. What is the name of region you are researching?
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2. What provinces are included in this region (part or whole)
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3a. On the attached Canada map, draw in and colour (any colour except blue)
the region you are researching.
3b. On the attached Canada map, write the following names of the cities or
towns of your region. Use an atlas, your textbook or an online map to find the
location of each city.
Cordillera: Victoria, B.C.; Whitehorse, Yukon; William’s Lake, B.C.
Interior Plains: Edmonton, Alberta; Regina, Saskatchewan; Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canadian Shield: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories; Churchill, Manitoba;
Sudbury, Ontario;
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region: Toronto, Ontario; Ottawa, Ontario; Quebec
City, Quebec,
Appalachian region: St. John’s, Newfoundland; Charlottetown, Prince Edward
Island; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Fredericton, New Brunswick
Arctic region: Iqaluit, Nunavut; Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories; Inuvik,
Yukon Territory
3c. Find the latitude and longitude for each of the cities or towns in the region
you are researching. Record your answers in the chart below.
Name of city or town
Latitude (N or S)
Longitude (E or W)
3d. Find the two cities or towns on your map that are the farthest apart from
each other. Using an atlas and the map scale, estimate the distance in kilometers
between these two locations.
Then fill in the blanks below.
The distance between_______________________ and _____________________
is approximately ________ km.
3e. Using the same two cities or towns from question 3d, complete the
sentences below using cardinal directions. (e.g. north, south-east, west…)
______________________ is __________________ of _____________________.
(E.g. Calgary is south-west of Edmonton.)