Book: The Nystrom Desk Atlas: Canadian Edition

     Maps:
          Main Street Canada
          Total Canadian Population by Province/Territory
          Map of Maine
          Ontario Road Map

     Ontario Map - order from these web sites: Provincial Tourism Bureaus

     Main Street Canada

     Total Canadian Population by Province/Territory

     Map of Maine

     The Nystrom Desk Atlas: Canadian Edition.  Chicago, IL: Nystrom, 2001.  ISBN: 0782505872

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A)  Look at the map of Maine and identify the lines marking 42, 44, 45, and 46 degrees of latitude.

Decide which degree line you will use when answering the question "How many Canadians live in Canada south of Maine?". To do this, you will need to pick a point in Maine.  You might pick a place you have visited in Maine, or where Maine meets New Hampshire (which is about 43 degrees.)

B)  Look at the Ontario map, locate the degree lines, and identify the towns in Ontario which are south of the degree line you chose to use.
 

C)  Use the population data from the Main Street Canada map and add up populations in the towns south of the degree line. Then make a ratio: population of towns south of Maine over the total population of Canada. Solve the ratio for per cent.

D)  Look at the map Total Canadian Population by Province/Territory and identify the most densely populated areas.

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