Why Canada Is Sooo Empty

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[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

Thank you for watching my first video on Canada, I really hope you find it entertaining and informative. As I work to improve quality here, I would like to look at other parts of North America (potentially even the world).

[@stickynorth]

Pretty solid first video on Canada with only a few minor exceptions... 6 Canadian cities have metro's larger than 1.4 million people... Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver are 1/2/3 with 4/5/6 always tied within a few thousand people at any given time. Currently they are 1.48 in Calgary and Ottawa and 1.41 in Edmonton, however Edmonton is the fastest growing most years because it's the cheapest and most northernly of the big cities and now the most susceptible to climate change via major temp swings... July 2023 was reaching +40c before the humidex is factored in and -40c just a few weeks ago in January 2024... Calgary and Ottawa both tend not to swing temp wise as much but feel/are colder most winters but for different reasons.. Calgary is high up in the foothills near the Rockies much like Salt Lake or Denver and Ottawa is the middle of dense forests on the Canadian shield that regularly gets both arctic blats and lake/river dampness with high humidity so an Eastern -05c feels much colder than a Western -40c. And the Western arable land sadly isn't as large as the graphic suggests however it's far more productive. Between the Aspen parkland belt on the Prairies and Southern Ontario the natural carrying capacity of Canada is still something like 120-130 million people which is why we're a huge food exporter since I think we hit 40.0 million citizens this year...

[@BetterYet]

It used to be that nobody lived in Canada because it was too cold. Now nobody lives in Canada because it is too expensive. I have plans to leave soon.

[@nelson-al4663]

cold and poor. That is too much. Help!!!!!!!!!!!

[@antonboludo8886]

Most Canadians do not even live at northern latitudes. Toronto is closer to the equator than it is to the North Pole.

[@bharath2508]

Canada is freezing cold. Just one month of summer during the entire year is habitable. Certain states in USA like texas and Florida have the best climate.

[@mdchibrahim5699]

This land was never meant for a human civilization.

[@nelson-al4663]

They insist keeping it a country but nobody wants go north. Canada definitely is an uninhabitable land.

[@scorpiovenator_4736]

Pretty much just like Greenland and Siberia

[@Just_a.Fightfan]

Canada has 40 million people

[@lost_porkchop]

I don't really see the country investing too much in moving people north. It seems more like a bare minimum. It would also be expensive so it will just continue to be inch by inch.

[@Jhartun]

With the warming northern passage, this will be a very shifting topic.

[@FXwashere]

As a Canadian, thanks for making a video on my country! In the James Bay region, in Quebec, there are only a handful of municipalities, and even fewer cities (Chibougamau making around 75% of the population of that region, with 7 500 residents)

[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

Thank you FX, I plan to make future content that more directly examines your unique country, but for my first video outside the U.S I wanted to start with a more general overview of Canada.

[@cadendance976]

Climate change, while having the negative effect of destabilizing the majority of the worlds nations, has the benefit of making northern Canada more habitable and arable for crop cultivation.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@cadendance976 Not really. So-called climate change would just make Canada another Australia or Brazil where the vast majority of their populations live on the coast as one is desert and the other is a rainforest.

[@redstone5062]

It also requires a lot of energy to heat homes as you move up in latitude and there is a lack of infrastructure or investment to support more people.

[@PatG-xd8qn]

Temperature doesn't always get colder when going north. The actual reason is that major Canadian cities were historically built around the Saint-Lawrence and Fraser rivers, which were the only two navigable rivers of Canada (and the Saint-Lawrence leads to the Great Lakes and the Ottawa river). That's where you can find Canada's largest cities: Montréal, Québec city, Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver and many others Then, when the first train lines were built, it allowed people to settle further inland and further north, hence why cities like Calgary, Edmonton or Saskatoon are much further north, but were founded later and thus remained smaller than comparable cities that were accessible by ship earlier in history

[@discoverglobeliving]

Canada's vastness and climate surely influence population distribution. Yet, its allure remains strong. Let's appreciate the beauty and diversity of Canada, whether inhabited or not.

[@NonameNoname-tr8uv]

Because when you go to Barnes N Nobles to buy a book for $25, it says $29 for Canada. That was my reason.

[@PatG-xd8qn]

I'm not sure if you're talking about sales taxes or that it was $25 USD, which should be equal to $32,50 CAD So if it was $29 CAD, it was a bargain

[@discoverglobeliving]

Interesting! I always wondered about this.

[@user-zp2ib4rf1m]

In the first 3 minutes of this video there are so many wrong facts about Canada. These stats of population of the country and cities over a million are old

[@terryomalley1974]

"Nobody lives in Canada"? That's astupid and misleading video title. Yes, much of the country us uninhabited, due to an inhospitable climate and geography. But, there's still 40 milion people in Canada, which is hardly "nobody".

[@Jhartun]

I agree. This is just another cheap "nobody wants to live in Canada" video. Despite that 1.2million people are moving to Canada each year, 3% growth higher than any other OECD country. This video is sorely biased for some reason.

[@topplacetoLive]

Canada's vastness is mind-blowing.

[@stickynorth]

Edmonton and Ottawa are like, WTF? They have both over 1.0 million in the city as of 2023 and 1.48M in the metro each... The rule of thumb is Calgary/Ottawa/Edmonton always have the same population and generally are the fastest growing cities too... To quote Family Guy... "5's and 6's those are where the bargains are" i.e. the cost of living is only half that of Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver with almost every major feature they have...

[@lost_porkchop]

Yeah, but you'd have to live in Alberta - Canada's Alabama

[@cadendance976]

Except for the many indigenous peopme who still live with the land, as they did for thousands of years

[@FirstLast-qf1df]

0:48 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe coastline is a linear measurement.

[@deeptoot1453]

Maybe he meant beaches.

[@logicae4096]

It’s a great country… please, take all the illegal immigrants who would rather live in the US and not Canada.

[@roguenoir]

Too cold in most places! DONE! Next question...

[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

Honestly it's more than just that

[@deeptoot1453]

If that were the sole reason than Russia should be completely empty as well.

[@papaicebreakerii8180]

@@deeptoot1453Siberia pm is

[@PatG-xd8qn]

The actual reason is that Canada was neglected by colonial powers back in the days, and later when Canada became independant it still was highly influenced by the Church who was against immigration Then, why do people live South of the country? It's actually mostly a coincidence. Back in the days, the only efficient method of transportation were ships. Thus, all major cities in Canada were built around the only two major navigable rivers of Canada: the Saint-Lawrence river in the East (and leads to the Great Lakes) and the Fraser river in the West. That's exactly where you can find Montréal, Québec city, Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, and so on. Cities that were founded later after the first train was built, like Edmonton or Calgary, are much further North So no, it isn't "because it's cold"

[@saviofrancisfernandes413]

​​​@@deeptoot1453Russia is the most "empty" country in the world with lots of natural resources just like Canada (large land area) and a very small population of just 143 million people and many old people in that number. If Canada wants to reach a target of 100 million, then Russia will have to get a target of approx 500 million people. Canada has a huge advantage because it is an English speaking country which most migrants prefer unlike Russia. That is why Putin has asked Russian women to have at least 10 children each and they are paid money by the government called "Mother Heroine" scheme. In spite of this offer, Russia has a fertility rate of only 1.5 and modern city-women do not want to give birth to children. Besides, it is hard for them to get immigrants and many young men are being killed in the Ukraine war to make matters worse. If Russia is willing to add English to its list of official languages, then, I can see them getting immigrants. Fertility rates are dropping worldwide even in countries like China (1.4) and India (1.9) which are the source of immigrants. Within a few decades, there will be a shortage of young people in India and China as well and there will be no young people left to migrate to other countries (other than Africa where the fertility rate is around 4.0). Remember, that every country always needs young people for military recruitment purpose as well.

[@DonaldCowling-fw5vg]

Because they all move to yulee fla😎😊

[@emptyhad2571]

I was born in one of those small cities. Winkler

[@Pushyhog]

to cold

[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

It is very cold, but there are other significant reasons as well.

[@PatG-xd8qn]

The actual reason is that Canada was neglected by colonial powers back in the days, and later when Canada became independant it still was highly influenced by the Church who was against immigration Then, why do people live South of the country? It's actually mostly a coincidence. Back in the days, the only efficient method of transportation were ships. Thus, all major cities in Canada were built around the only two major navigable rivers of Canada: the Saint-Lawrence river in the East (which leads to the Great Lakes) and the Fraser river in the West. That's exactly where you can find Montréal, Québec city, Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, and so on. Cities that were founded later after the first train was built, like Edmonton or Calgary, are much further North So no, it isn't "because it's cold"

[@stickynorth]

It can also be far too hot. Edmonton in the last 6 months has bounced from +40c in July to -40c in January... So in other words? Buy two wardrobes at least! And fashion here in all about layers, layers, layers! Fur coats and thermal undies with some shit in between generally speaking...

[@user-nw6qp1ki2n]

Once .. i lived in Edmonton in early 2000s. And who knows? Will I re-visit it again? Let's watch what my destiny has in his hat? 🎩🐰❤️🇨🇦

[@Star-fc4ni]

If Canada had 400 million people the mass of land would have more cities. Explanation done!

[@MichiganMan1837]

Japan is 145k square miles not meters

[@AMG-BENZ-1]

90% live 100 miles from the border and 99% wouldn’t want to live in the U.S. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@shauncameron8390]

Who's those 99%?

[@lost_porkchop]

​@@shauncameron8390*raises hand*

[@AMG-BENZ-1]

@@shauncameron8390 raises hand

[@EliF-ge5bu]

lol.really? More Canadians move to the U.S. than there are Americans who move to Canada, considering the U.S. has 8 times the population of Canada. So no, the math doesn’t back your claims.

[@yodorob]

It's like with Chile, the string-bean of a South American country. All Chileans live a short distance from the Argentine border, but none would want to live in the Pacific Ocean on the other side of Chile.

[@dawstu1]

Europe is a continent not a country.

[@EliF-ge5bu]

Nobody said it was.

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[@hakohito]

So nobody lives in Spain either

[@CTJM_Middleton]

Most of Canada is very hard to inhabit.

[@Dark_Asteroid]

Because its freezing cold 🥶

[@user-ty4vy1ob2m]

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[@kennydude7971]

Why no one lives in canada. Duh, it's canada.

[@90amankumar81]

Why nobody lives in Canada ? Answer - Snow

[@nelson-al4663]

Exactly. Canada is definitely an uninhabitable place. 92% of canadians live very close the US border due the miserable freezing endeless drepressing cold weather. Nobody wants go north. Freezing weather makes life unbearable and extremely expensive. If we had a free US-Canada border, Canada would be empty.

[@90amankumar81]

@@nelson-al4663 I have heard Canadian can live and work in USA

[@90amankumar81]

@@nelson-al4663 take h1b visa apply for green card

[@lost_porkchop]

His music wasn't that bad

[@nelson-al4663]

​@@90amankumar81Canadians dont need visa to visit the US as a turist. If the intention is moving to US to live or to work, there is a long and time consuming process, like every country in the world.

[@brucewilson1958]

But it has Commrad Trudeau.

[@newanas5271]

Who wants to live in a Fridge.

[@nelson-al4663]

Canada is definitely an uninhabitable place. 92% of canadians live very close the US border due the miserable freezing endeless 9 months drepressing cold weather. Nobody wants go north. Freezing weather makes life unbearable and extremely expensive. If we had a free US-Canada border, Canada would be empty.

[@Jhartun]

What does a free US Canada border mean?

[@monikarani4471]

Brrrr......

[@jamesmcgrath2995]

Canada has 6 cities with a city proper of over 1 million. Canada's population is closing in at 41 million people. Japan is bigger than 145,000 square meters.

[@discoverglobeliving]

Considering Canada for retirement? Weather, healthcare, and lifestyle matter.

[@danialk8387]

Cold storage of the world CANADA.

[@ramilarbiol5577]

Canada is the most Perfect Country in the World. It is very suitable for both locals and immigrants. Plus Canadian Economy is still booming.

[@garnet4846]

You are delusional

[@rickdeckard7098]

lol

[@garnet4846]

My reply calling you delusional disappeared. Here it is again.

[@EliF-ge5bu]

You mean it went ka-boom?

[@Jhartun]

Canada's economy is booming, but that's because Trudeau keeps funneling people here so it is an inevitability. We can't keep this up for long, we will need to start building homes and start investing more into business.

[@LOU-bg2wu]

🇨🇦✊

[@writeandwrite259]

Map of India is not accurate

[@uresfffff222]

no one cares