Canada’s
Ecozones
ECOZONE
 Regions
based on unique
ecological characteristics.
Or
 A large
geographical area in
which human activities
interact with the natural world
ECOZONE

Areas are grouped as separate ecological
zones based on the way geologic, landform,
soil, vegetation, climate, water, wildlife, and
human factor are linked to each other

If one part of the system is changed, then
the rest of the system is changed

Ex. Temperature - affects growth of plants…
affects animals’ ability to obtain food etc.
CANADA’S ECOZONES
Canada
has 15
Ecozones
CANADA’S ECOZONES
 Ecozones
are defined by a
variety of physical and
human conditions
 Using
ecozones to study the
land helps us understand the
INTERCONNECTIONS among
natural and human systems
Natural Systems Are All
Connected!
Boreal Shield Ecozone
We live in the Boreal Shield Ecozone
Area: 1 774 000 km2
Landforms: plains and low hills of the Canadian
Shield
Climate: long winters (-15ºC) and short summers
(17ºC)
Vegetation: Coniferous (black spruce, white spruce,
Jack pine, balsam fir) mixed with deciduous (yellow
birch, sugar maple, black ash)
Soils: Heavily leached soils; bare rock; swampy areas
Human activities: total population 1 695 000; GDP
$49 billion; forestry, mining tourism, recreation,
trapping
Major Cities: St. John’s Chicoutimi, Sudbury,
Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay,