The Regional Geography of Canada

by Robert M. Bone

This extensively revised and updated edition is the most thorough and relevant introduction to Canadian regional geography available. Identifying and exploring Canada's six regions-Atlantic Canada, Québec, Ontario, Western Canada, British Columbia, and the Territorial North-author Robert Bone guides students through the basic physical, historical, cultural, social, and economic features of each region, nurturing an appreciation of this country's amazing diversity.

Genres: Nonfiction, Geography

496 pages, Paperback

First published September 23, 1999

Reviews

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is such a complex topic but I do feel like Dr Bone did a good job of keeping out any bias when putting the book together. At times it reads like an option piece but overall is based on stats and research

[Reader · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very biased tone when it came to the Indigenous Minority faultline and tended to sugar coat Canada's colonial roots. Examples: "These [Residential] schools were designed to equip young Indigenous students to find and accept a place on the bottom rungs of the larger society." "The treaty land selection process in earlier centuries and the relocation of northern Indigenous peoples to settlements in the 1950s brought mixed blessings. Access to public services and secure food supplies was a plus, but these villages had no economic foundation and therefore left the adults in no man’s land."

[Claire · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for an overview but very dry writing

[Tiffani Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

It may be a textbook, but at least it was easy to read and I learned lots.