Why Most of Canada Is Empty

[@joeg7443]

You mentioned farming but not in the west. Alberta, Saskatchewan & Manitoba are huge crop growers. Canada is the 8th largest food exporter.

[@MakeThatChange]

Good point

[@JustinJamesJeep]

While yes those provinces grow a massive amount of crops and a huge percentage of Canadian wheat exports, Ontario handedly grows the largest percent of food aside from those grains. Lets note i just clicked the video and havent seen the context yet.

[@DavidM-hn8qq]

@@MakeThatChange --- your pictures are flawed, just like your knowledge. At 3:00 you talk about the Shield Rock Formation in eastern Canada, but show 2 pix of the Rocky Mtns.

[@MakeThatChange]

You’re right, It wasn’t easy to find the right pictures. This is a hobby for us so we do what we can with resources we have. 🙏

[@r.c.brousseau9655]

As a Canadian, I have always considered Americans to be our cousins. We are separate and distinct, but have come to each other’s defence when necessary.

[@MakeThatChange]

Well said!

[@talktorag]

Wow... So much new information.🎉 Can see lots of hard work behind this video. Thanks.. Great country, Canada.

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

[@tmac9972]

Canada has very little quality land to live on or farm in relation to its size. Most of the people live below the Boreal forest which covers around 70 to 80% of the country. The vast amount of people live in the small stretch of Carolinian forested area in the east or the Prairies in the west along with the remaining people living above the tree line near the Artic and about 15% living in the coastal forests of B.C and the Maritimes. Simply put most of Canada is not habitable for large scale human populations and its really really really cold for half the year.

[@jcbizthekey]

Very little quality land? What are you talking about? Might look like that from a highrise in Toronto but there is ALOT of quality land. You are misinformed

[@DanPocketRocket]

Vancouverites often cross the border to get cheaper gas in Point Roberts. Kids that live in Point Roberts have to take a bus through Canada to go to school in the Blaine Washington

[@2GringosOnTheGulf]

Great video my friend's I grew up and love the empty part. 😂 👍🏼 Cheers from 2 Canadians 🇨🇦 living in Mexico. 🇲🇽✌🏼🥰

[@MakeThatChange]

Cheers! 🙌

[@summerluck2285]

Excellent analysis and exposition about Canada and USA relationships. The video is both educative and informative. Thanks.

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ElectroSharpTurtle]

Now these are the type of fun educational videos I like seeing from you MakeThatChange. Canada has always been a very interesting, unusual country especially the 49th parallel stuff. 🙂👍

[@MakeThatChange]

More to come!

[@JSRTales]

also oroblem in canda is too much population increase so less time and so less place where all people coming in trying to settle in 😢

[@francoistchiakpemarketing]

I can't imagine the countless hours invested in researching and structuring everything for this video. Thank you so much for your work !

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad you enjoyed it Francois!

[@Voavicky]

Wow, very informative. Well done.👏👏👏💯

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad you liked it!

[@Voavicky]

​@@MakeThatChange Yeah, I really love it.👍 Have been watching all your videos from Ghana.🇬🇭 May God continue to bless you for all your efforts.🙏🏼

[@davethomas7354]

Another interesting border curiosity: Campobello Island, New Brunswick is connected by a bridge to Lubec, Maine. This means that road access to the island from the rest of Canada is via the USA.

[@rwilsonweir5697]

Impressive! I love your detailed and objective research and commentary ❤

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jimroy7839]

Canadians want this country wild and free.

[@Gibs007]

Great video, thank you for this, it was very informative. That was a lot of information to put together, keep it up 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rb239rtr]

Back in 1885, when CP Rail was negotiating with the government to build the railway, the demanded that no other railway be allowed between it and the US border. So back in the day, CP rail new what was going to happen

[@MakeThatChange]

Wow!

[@AngelEstebanVlog]

Most Canadians cities and towns were founded before the border was lined up, that border was not there. It follows a geographical consideration like connection through rivers and lakes, weather also plays a role. So the US border is totally irrelevant to the settlement of the Canadian population, if I may say.

[@MakeThatChange]

That’s fascinating

[@effingsix3825]

Canada was once a part of the British Empire. The saying “the sun never sets on the British Empire” was true because of Canada. You pledged your allegiance to the King in the UK. The border was agreed upon with the British Empire, and goes unchanged. There are still some buildings built in the 1850’s that have ‘British North America’ carved into the façade in Toronto. In the U.S. after the revolution, you pledged your allegiance to the constitution, because it was the the King that was formally rejected. Canada has remained a constitutional monarchy, with the appointed Governor General as the head of state, who represents the crown. The country with the closest comparison in politics is Belgium. Two wars gave Canada its identity, which was the war of 1812, and the American Civil war. Incursions into British colonies by American Revolutionaries and the formal British North America by the Finian raids also contributed to The Dominion Of Canada’s identity and formation. Canada became an independent nation by royal decree and The Dominion was dropped. 🤔 They should have kept it because Star Trek.

[@Ian-c4m]

It's an enormus country with not many people..plus a lot of it is either boreal forest , tundra ,ice or hard rock

[@JSRTales]

great video how do you get the animations on the map which software if you dont mind?

[@datadrivendev]

Very surprising 😮

[@MakeThatChange]

💯

[@abdiaziizhussein3646]

It is a very important video, which city has more opportunities for job seekers in Canada and what skills demand labourer.

[@MongoOfBongo]

Great Video! 👍

[@MakeThatChange]

Thanks! 👍

[@garrettpickard4086]

Actually for a long time it used to be beneficial to shop in the USA. However the dollar isn't what it used to be. That's probably why so many Canadian live near border.

[@michellehenry6278]

That's interesting

[@AlghostUnit]

I'm Canadian, peace everyone ✌️

[@MakeThatChange]

🙌

[@bach447]

Lots of people live in the north, im there right now

[@MakeThatChange]

How’s life up there?

[@northbaysilverandgold807]

much of Canadas interior was settled for 25000 years by the Dene , Cree ,Chipewyan, Copper Inuit, Huron and the Algonquin and is settled now in modern day 9 million acre still belong to the Algonquin first nations. According to your map half the country is empty lol, but decent job

[@LyesAtif]

Canadian Shield, that's why it's Empty

[@MakeThatChange]

🙌

[@steverempel8584]

Yeah, it's impossible to build on the Canadian Shield, even the highway going across it is expensive. The few towns on there are in Pockets of flatter terrain, or are basically mining / forestry towns. Then further north is tundra, which is completely isolated, with no reason to build there.

[@wainber1]

It's too bad that by contrast to the Canada-US border, so many others have lots of tension along them. Among those borders that have tension among them include, but by no means are limited to, those between the two Koreas and those between the Schengen Area and those of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine given the ongoing Russian military invasion of Ukraine and the use of Belarus as a staging point.

[@matkins3484]

Could Vancouver be a port in the summer when the ice breaks up a bit?

[@MakeThatChange]

there's not much ice around Vancouver, the Vancouver port is the largest port in Canada.

[@nicktankard1244]

I live in Vancouver there is no ice here :) Winters here are pretty mild and it rarely gets below freezing. The port is operating year round.

[@KamBar2020]

Vancouver is the Most 🇨🇳 in North America 👀 San Francisco, New York and Seattle have less Asian population than Vancouver 💯

[@PlayThroughTheGame]

Cold, Mosquitoes, Swamps, very big territory and very wild and it's a young country built around water. We are here only since 400 years. it's took 150 years just to get 1500 citizens. Most of the North is occupied by native nations territories.

[@scottcampbell2707]

While most Canadians live near the US border, they aren't necessarily really close to a border crossing point. Much of the Canada-US border is underwater in the middle of the St. Lawrence River or the Great Lakes. in Western Canada, there isn't much directly near the border besides farms. Plus, there isn't really much on the US side of the border for much of it, so even if you drive to the border and cross it, you probably still need to drive quite a bit further to get where you are going.

[@murraytown4]

Interesting, but I’m a geography geek.

[@MakeThatChange]

Glad you enjoyed it! What other geography topics would you be interested in?

[@murraytown4]

@@MakeThatChange that’s a good question. You covered an enormous amount of ground in this one…no pun intended. Presumably you’re looking for Canadian content. You could do a deeper dive into some of the elements of this one. Another interesting topic could be the Trans Canada Trail. That might interest outdoorsy types. Or the Trans Canada Highway. Or wildfires in Canada. Etc. Another channel I quite like, which is not Canada focussed, per se but does some Canadian and American content is Geography by Geoff. That could give you some ideas. But honestly, the history and economics content is interesting as well. Another channel is The World According to Briggs, which is largely American but which slices and dices many issues and themes about American states, cities, and socio-economic issues. I often say that Canada needs content like that focussing on Canadian provinces/territories, cities etc. I’m not your typical demo….I’m a 60 year old Canadian so am not looking to ‘Make that Change’ but I do find content such as this one, which is likely geared towards potential newcomers or new Canadians developing a deeper understanding of the country, and which goes beyond scratching the surface about life in Canada, like getting a job and poutine, interesting.

[@johnhill8887]

A great Canadian geography channel is Oh, the Urbanity. Yes, by the title, only about Canadian (and other) cities, but since Canada's population is so highly urbanized, there's very good info on improving urbanism: housing, public transport, walkability, cycling, culture, architecture and parks, etc.

[@MakeThatChange]

Thanks for the great recos gentlemen.

[@MarkIsAwesome]

1:18 I Live There!

[@rickschlosser6793]

Sounds to me like you have never been out of Ontario. I live in BC, north of every single community in Ontario. (North of Port Severn) But guess what, my community is at its roots a farming community. We grow wheat, barley, canola and other cereal crops. Cattle and ranching are big here too. Oh, do you know why southern areas of Ontario are warmer than the rest of Canada, they are further south than the rest of Canada! If you go due west from Thunder Bay you leave Ontario and enter the US. If you keep going due west, you don’t hit Canada again until you get to the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Geography is hard. I couldn’t even make it to the end of the video….

[@MakeThatChange]

Not everybody can handle geography, it’s ok! you can try again later.

[@Justsayingthat]

The question is: "How do we encourage people to spread out?

[@Gibs007]

Give out free land to people who could build and encourage lower tax rate in those areas might encourage businesses to move there, theoretically at list.

[@Justsayingthat]

@@Gibs007 That would definitely entice me. Great idea.

[@adelb7897]

​@@Gibs007 that's a good idea, also I noticed how few people live in some areas of Canada that have a pretty good climate like the Okanagan valley in BC, cities south of Calgary in Alberta and in the south of Nova Scotia. We don't have to settle for colder climates necessarily.

[@KamBar2020]

Never Say NEVER 😎 Justin Bieber

[@terrancedavis4851]

Global warming

[@realscience948]

Some of your facts are incorrect….70% of Canadians live with 100 miles of border!

[@emptyhad2571]

Geography.!

[@teekbooy4467]

Too cold

[@pierrebeausoleil5885]

WHY MUST OF RUSSIA IS EMPTY?

[@MakeThatChange]

Frozen tundra. Very similar to the Canadian Shield. That and nobody wants to live there.

[@konsta9536]

Great and very informative video! Thank you guys so much for your hard work :)

[@MakeThatChange]

Thanks for watching!