Starter Task:

What do you think the first cities looked like? DRAW or DESCRIBE.

Extension Task:Why do you think people settled so closely to each other?

Last class:

• Let’s go over the answers to the work you did!• Let’s refresh our memories about

rural settlement before we move on!

Population Settlement Patterns• Population Distribution: • the pattern of where people live in a region (local,

provincial, national, international)

There are 3 main types of settlement patterns!

Dispersed Settlement

• Spread out• Agricultural areas • Usually age and activity based

Concentrated Settlement

• Where people (resources, and economic opportunities are located) are focused on small areas• Areas where resources support people• People live close together • Cities, villages, towns

Linear

• These develop where the most important economic reasons for settlement exist • Arranged along a line • Groups located along

transportation routes (highway), water, mountains, boarders

Rural Settlement Patterns

• Occurs outside cities and towns• Characterized by low population and dispersed

population distribution pattern

Influences of SettlementFACTORS THAT INFLUENCE RURAL

SETTLEMENT› The kind of resources attracts people Ie.

agriculture

› What were the transportation methods at the time?› Before 1800: settlement based on

transportation by water (rivers, lakes). › After 1800= road and eventually rail.

› What role did government policy play in the settlement?› Controlled which land would be settled, size,

shape of farms, pattern of roads, location of towns, schools, churches.

› pattern of land division used in an area= SURVEY SYSTEM

Rural Settlement

Characterized by low population and dispersed population distribution pattern

1 The long lot system of southern Quebec

2 The concession system of southern Ontario

3 The section system of the Prairies

1. The long lot of southern Quebec

INFLUENCES:• Resource: agriculture• Transportation: St. Lawrence

River= boat • Government Policy: Each settler

receives a piece of land along waterfront.

Long thin farms built along the river and stretched back long distances from the water.

2. Concession System of Southern Ontario

INFLUENCES:• Resources: rich agriculture• Transportation: roads, railway,

each settlement needed access to a road.

• Government policy: survey system

land is divided equally by concessions roads - farms 40 to 80 ha in size.- Concession formed

townships counties

3. Section system of the southern Prairies

INFLUENCES:• Resources: agriculture• Transportation: roads, railway (access

to water less important)• Government policy: Didn’t want the

U.S to have the land! The lots were too small; families needed large lots for a larger harvest.

• Land divided into blocks (9.6 km by 9.6 km)

• Each block was divided into 36 sections-each section was divided into four-quarter sections (64 ha)

Urban Settlement Patterns

Learning Objective:To continue our exploration of Canada’s settlement patterns.

TASK 1 - Research teams

Urban Settlement• Includes cities and towns, very

crowded, Lots of factories, shops/malls, opportunities.

TASK 2Brainstorm & come up with as many reasons as you can (at least 7)!

• Why would people move from rural to urban areas? • Why would people move from urban to rural areas?

Why would people move from rural to urban areas?

• Shopping-malls, groceries, restaurants, entertainment and sports • Closer to jobs...more jobs!• More social; exciting • More educational opportunities • More clustered housing• Closer proximity to family/friends • Transportation (high ways, subways, ttc, buses)• Emergency services are close by• = everything is close together!!!!

Why would people move from urban to rural areas?

• More land-garden, farming • Quieter• Safer (less crime)• More dispersed (homes, people)• Less pollution; less traffic • More appealing-nature • Dont have to deal with your neighbours • Land is cheaper!• More privacy• = everything is further apart!!!