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Student Worksheet 2
Calculating Population Growth For a Given Area
Answer the following questions using the data you retrieved from E-STAT in worksheet 1.
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Has the population for your assigned region increased or decreased? What was the major factor contributing to this change?
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What do you think the population of your region will be in 2020? Justify your prediction.
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What might be some of the implications for health care, education and economy in your region?
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If you were the premier of this region, why might you want to reverse the trend in one of the components of population? What policies might you implement to reverse this trend?
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What policies are currently being used in your own province or territory to affect one of the components of population?
