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Here's Why 90% Of Canada Is Uninhabited & Possibly Unfit For Humans To Live In

Wilderness for days.
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Any true Canadian would know that the country has some stunning views that stretch as far as the eye can see. 

But what might come as a surprise to many northerners is that 90% of Canada is uninhabited, according to Big 7 Travel.  

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90% Of Canada Is Uninhabited  

Apparently, a lot of Canada's wilderness is very unpopulated and possibly not even habitable for humans.

To really get the picture, Canada is slightly larger than the U.S. but somehow has only 11% of our southern counterpart's population.

What's more, our home and native land is mostly unfit for human habitation, according to Vox.

According to the report, despite Canada being so geographically large, most of its 38 million residents are found in smaller concentrated areas.

The report says William Lewis Morton, a Canadian historian, believed this was because the milder weather of southern Canada is more suitable for agriculture. 

"Intensive commercial agriculture gave rise to a dense network of villages, towns, and cities," the report quoted Morton saying.

Additionally, Canada is home to the world's largest uninhabited island located in Nunavut’s Baffin Bay, per Big 7 Travel.

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    • Osobe Waberi was a Toronto-based Ethiopian-Somali Francophone writer at Narcity Canada. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a specialist degree in journalism and a news media diploma from Centennial College. Before Osobe’s gig as a national trending writer at Narcity, she worked at Toronto Star, The Canadian Press, VICE, and CBC.

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