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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797144503321

Titolo

Canadian population and northern colonization : symposium presented to the Royal Society of Canada in 1961 / / editor, V. W. Bladen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Toronto, Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1962

©1962

ISBN

1-4426-3377-8

1-4426-3209-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 158 pages) : illustrations, map

Collana

Royal Society of Canada "Studia varia" series ; ; 7

Disciplina

301.32971

Soggetti

Natural resources - Canada

Electronic books.

Canada Population

Canada Economic conditions 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preface / V.W. Bladen -- Canadian demography. -- Causes and consequences of the population increase / Thomas W.M. Cameron -- Le probleme de la population au Canada / Pierre Dagenais -- La main-d'oeuvre canadienne / Guy Rocher -- Evolution de la composition ethnique et linguistique de la population canadienne / Jacques Henripin -- New Patterns in the birth rate / Nathan Keyfitz -- The growth of population in Canada / Arthur R.M. Lower -- Possibilities of colonization of northern Canada -- Introduction / Rene Pomerleau -- The rôle of mineral resources in the development and colonization of northern Canada / W. Keith Buck -- Possibilities of light and heat from atomic energy and other sources / E.W. Humphrys -- The living resources of northern Canada / M.J. Dunbar -- Man in the north / G. Malcolm Brown -- The future colonization of northern Canada / Trevor Lloyd.

Sommario/riassunto

In 1961 the Royal Society annual session topic was an especially vital issue, the population explosion, and this volume, based on the papers given at the meeting, has much valuable information and many pertinent and provocative comments on this phenomenon particularly



as it affects Canada.