The Canadian Shield

Chris Torrie, Nolan Young and Colin Wong

Landscape
-8 million square kilometers
-Largest Continental shield in
Canada hi chloe
-A large variation of
environments
-goes from the usa to canada and greenland



Landscape continued
-Large amounts of smooth rock
-Most of the old mountain ranges are run down by glaciers
-Most of the mantle was carried away by the glaciers
-Ice smoothed hills
Hi lucia
Natural Resources
The canadian shield holds some of the most historic
rocks in North America
Minerals
- Rich in many resources
- Contains large amounts of
gold, copper and iron

Rocks
- Mostly igneous and
metamorphic
- Igneous - granite, basalt
- Metamorphic - schists,
marble
Trees
Eastern Canadian
Shield taiga
Midwestern Canadian
Shield Forests
Fish
Climate
Many different regions
Many different Climates
Canadian shield subdivisions
North: hudsons bay
Quebec
Ontario/Manitoba
The North
Very cold
Not lots of precipitation
A polar desert
Quebec
-5 to -15 Winter
20 to 30 in Summer
900 mm of rain annually


Ontario/Manitoba
Summer: 25-15
winter: -5 - -15
Precipitation: 750-1000mm
Major Cities
Sudbury
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Iqaluit
Thunder Bay
Winnipeg

References
1. The canadan shild climate, blogspot http://thecoolcanadianshield.blogspot.ca/2010/05/climate.html
2. nunavut tourism, environment Canada, http://www.nunavuttourism.com/about-nunavut/weather-climate
3. Canadian Shield, Nature Conservancy Canada http://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/where-we-work/ontario/our-
work/canadian-shield.html
4. Origin of the great lakes by Diastrophic process http://www.sentex.net/~tcc/gtl-shield.html
Encyclopedia Britannica, Canadian Shield http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/91992/Canadian-Shield
5. Canadian Shield, Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Shield
6. Boreal shield http://canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/ecozones/borealshield/borealshield.htm
7. quebec, Quebec portal, http://www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/pgs/commun/portrait/geographie/climat/?lang=en
8. Quebec original, Quebec from the ground up,
http://www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/pgs/commun/portrait/geographie/climat/?lang=en
9. ontario, wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario#Climate
10. http://www.answers.com/Q/Vegetation_on_the_Canadian_shield