what is regional disparity in canada?

Answer 1

Canada is huge. Although the overall economy is good, certain regions don't do as well. We tend to talk about it province by province, but even that is generalizing as we are talking about large areas and diverse economy. Generally, parts of the Maritime provinces that relied on cod fisheries and prairies provinces that relied on farming grains have been considered have not areas. They have had to deal with relying on one industry, falling prices and less product available (droughts and no fish.) Don't include Alberta in the prairies region as it is rich with oil.

Answer 2

There are many types of regional disparity; it could be cultural, economic, ethnic, religious, or simply gender for a basis.

Economic disparity exists because the level of infrastructure and industry is not the same between areas. Most of the manufcaturing technology for the country is centered around southern Ontario, while the Maritimes are primarily a raw-material (fish, lumber, iron, and coal) producer. The Prairies are agricultural strongholds, while BC is another raw material source with some light industrial capacity. The far north is also raw material - but the population base is so small that it may as well be non-existent.

The same kind of differences hold true for other possible interpretations of disparity; the high percentage of Catholics in Quebec, for instance while most of the remaining provinces are a fairly equal mix. Although there is some further disparity, in that the provinces tend to be primarily Christian ... which is not the case among the mostly-native populations of the far north.

Cultural disparity exists as well; the larger population centers tend to attract a higher level of "culture (i.e. the arts and music, for instance) because the population can support it. Smaller communities simply can't. And of course the larger centers happen to be in Ontario, BC, and Quebec ... which leaves all the others as "second-class" centers, more or less. At least, that's the impression I get from the big-city types - and I'm from one of the smaller centers.

Ethnic and gender disparity exists as well ... all you have to do is look for it.

Answer 3

Saskatchewan is now considered a 'have' province.