Located in the Northern and Western Hemisphere, Canada is located in North America and is the largest country in the Western Hemisphere, and the second largest country in the world. Canada has two main climate zones; many different weather patterns; six different time zones; and more fresh water tha ... See program details

The eight major landform regions of Canada are explored. Each region influences whether people will live there; the types of communities found in each; the kinds of jobs; available resources; the climate of the region; wildlife commonly found there, etc. See program details

Native people were the first people to live in Canada and can be divided into six main cultural groups - Northwest Coast; Plateau; Plains; Eastern Woodlands; Subarctic; and Arctic. Each group had homes, methods of transportation and sources of food that suited the region where they lived and the wa ... See program details

The people who discovered and explored Canada and North America, did so for many reasons. The first known visitors, the Vikings, discovered North America by accident and left for reasons still not understood. Columbus’ discovery of North America in 1492 was also an accident as he tried to find a c ... See program details

Since the early 1500s, for many different reasons, the settlers of Canada came from different places - first France and England and then the United States. Later, settlers came from many other countries looking for a better life. Some came to fish, others to take part in the fur trade and still othe ... See program details

Canada's natural resources are found on the land, under it, in the oceans and rivers, and in the air. Fish, forests, minerals, land, water and wildlife are the reasons Canada first grew into a country and these resources have shaped the modern Canada of today. Some of Canada's resources, such as fis ... See program details

For many early pioneers, arriving in their new homeland after a long and arduous journey, the struggle to survive began by building nothing more than a crude shelter to protect the family. Clearing enough land to build their first home and plant crops was difficult - most had only primitive tools, a ... See program details

For earliest pioneers, each season in the first years of life in their new homeland brought with it many hardships and struggles. Most tried to arrive in their new homeland in spring or early summer in time to plant crops - food for the coming winter. If time permitted, their first log cabin was bui ... See program details

Usually, two of the first services in an early pioneer village were a sawmill and a gristmill. Because water power was needed to operate the mills, the location of early pioneer villages was determined by the availability of running water. Not only did a sawmill and gristmill make life easier for th ... See program details

Students will view the geophysical regions of the central and eastern portions of Canada - from the Canadian Shield to the Appalachian regions - from the Arctic to the American border - this DVD includes excellent original motion footage as well as motion graphics. An overview of the regional climat ... See program details

The geophysical regions of the western areas of Canada are presented - from the Canadian Shield to the Cordillera region - from the formation of lowland areas to these areas today. The regional climate and vegetation are presented, and the influence the physical characteristics of the region has on ... See program details

A farming community is a community where people raise plants and/or animals. There are different types of farming communities - from small family-owned farms to large corporate farms. This DVD looks at kinds of farms that make up farming communities; different jobs in different farm communities; som ... See program details

A mining community is found where there are sufficient resources to be mined such as metallic minerals, non-metallic minerals, fuel minerals or precious stones. Mineral substances are non-renewable natural resources. Many people in mining communities work for a company (or companies) that takes usef ... See program details

A community where people work with trees or with the wood from trees, is called a forestry community. Forestry communities can be found where there are plenty of available trees to be logged or made into forestry products. As well as forests, water, power and transportation, forestry communities nee ... See program details

People, building and land - all combine to form a community. The first communities, groups of people living in the same area, were started by early pioneer families. Although pioneer communities looked very different from communities today, modern communities also look different from each other. All ... See program details

Unlike pioneer families who cut down trees to build their homes and other buildings (sometimes with the help of nearby neighbours), today it takes many skilled workers to build a community. From heavy equipment operators to bricklayers and masons, skilled workers are needed to install electrical wir ... See program details

The world into which Native people have been brought since the arrival of Europeans is a wider world than their ancestors knew. It involves many lands and many people - yellow, black, red and white. The Medicine Wheel represents wholeness and within the Medicine Wheel, or Circle of Life, are the Fo ... See program details

The life of the people the Europeans found inhabiting this continent was rooted in the Earth. They lived in daily contact with Earth’s creatures and most of their life was spent under the sky. The hills and mountains were special places; sacred places where they went to receive their vocations or ... See program details