Kanada tana cikin arewacin arewacin yankin Arewacin Amurka kuma tana da iyaka da Tekun Fasifik a yamma, Tekun Atlantika a gabas, da Tekun Arctic a arewa. Makwabciyarta ta kudu ita ce Amurka. Tare da yanki gaba ɗaya na 9,984,670 km2, ita ce ƙasa ta biyu mafi girma a duniya kuma tana da mazauna 34,300,083 har zuwa Yulin 2011. Yanayin kasar ya kasance daga sub-arctic da arctic a arewa zuwa yanayin kudu a kudu.
Albarkatun kasa na Kanada suna da wadata da yawa. Nickel, tama, baƙin ƙarfe, azurfa, lu'ulu'u, gawayi, mai da sauransu.
Siffar kayan aiki
Kanada tana da arzikin ma'adinai kuma masana'antar ma'adinai ta Kanada tana ɗaya daga cikin manyan masana'antu a duniya. Bangaren ma'adanai na Kanada na samun kusan dala biliyan 20 na saka hannun jari kowace shekara. An kiyasta samar da iskar gas da mai, gawayi da kayayyakin mai a dala biliyan 41.5 a shekarar 2010. Kusan 21% na ƙimar darajar fitarwa ta Kanada ta fito ne daga ma'adanai. A cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, Kanada ta kasance babbar hanyar zuwa saka hannun jari na bincike.
Dangane da samar da albarkatun duniya, Kanada:
- A kan gaba a duniya wajen noman dankalin Turawa.
- Na biyu mafi girman furodusan uranium.
- Na uku mafi girman mai samar da mai.
- Na biyar mafi girma a cikin masana'antar samar da aluminium, mai hakar lu'u-lu'u, duwatsu masu daraja, ma'adinin nickel, cobalt ore, tutiya, tataccen indium, ƙarfen ƙarfe na platinum da kuma kurtu.
Karafa
Ana rarraba manyan ma'adanai na Kanada a ko'ina cikin ƙasar. Amma manyan wuraren ajiyar suna mai da hankali ne a tsaunukan Rocky da yankunan bakin teku. Ana iya samun deposan ƙananan kuɗaɗen ƙarafa a cikin Quebec, British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba, da New Brunswick. Indium, tin, antimony, nickel da tungsten ana haƙa su a nan.
Manyan masu kera aluminum da ƙarfe suna cikin Montreal. Yawancin binciken molybdenum na Kanada ya faru a British Columbia. A cikin 2010, kamfanin Gibraltar Mines Ltd. ya haɓaka samar da molybdenum da kashi 50% (kimanin tan 427) idan aka kwatanta da 2009. Yawancin ayyukan bincike na indium da tin suna gudana tun daga 2010. Masu hakar ma'adinai na Tungsten sun sake komawa hakar ma'adinai a cikin 2009 lokacin da buƙatar ƙarfe ta ƙaru tare da hauhawar farashi.
Ma'adanai na masana'antu da duwatsu masu daraja
Neman lu'u-lu'u a Kanada a cikin 2010 ya kai carats dubu 11.773. A shekara ta 2009, ma'adanin Ekati ya samar da kashi 39% na dukkan kayan lu'u lu'u a Kanada da kuma kashi 3% na yawan samarwar lu'u lu'u a duniya. Yawancin karatun lu'ulu'u na farko suna gudana a yankin Arewa maso yamma. Waɗannan yankuna ne na Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Nunavut Territory, Quebec da Saskatchewan. Hakanan, ana gudanar da binciken hakar lithium a cikin wadannan yankuna.
Ana gudanar da karatun damar binciken Fluorspar a wurare da yawa.
Kogin MacArthur da ke Saskatchewan shine mafi girma da mafi girma a duniya ajiyar uranium, tare da samar da kimanin shekara 8,200 a shekara.
Burbushin mai
Ya zuwa shekara ta 2010, tanadin iskar gas na Kanada ya kai biliyan 1,750 m3 kuma ajiyar gawayi, gami da anthracite, bituminous da lignite, sun kai tan 6,578,000. Adadin bitumen na Alberta na iya kaiwa ganga tiriliyan 2.5.
Flora da fauna
Da yake magana game da albarkatun ƙasa na Kanada, ba shi yiwuwa a ambata fure da fauna, tun da masana'antar katako, alal misali, ba ita ce ta ƙarshe a cikin tattalin arzikin ƙasar ba.
Sabili da haka, rabin yankin ƙasar an lulluɓe shi da dazuzzuka na ƙwararan dabbobi masu ɗimbin yawa: Douglas, larch, spruce, balsam fir, itacen oak, poplar, Birch kuma ba shakka maple. Brarfin ƙarƙashin ƙasa yana cike da bishiyoyi tare da ƙwayoyi masu yawa - blueberries, blackberries, raspberries da sauransu.
Tundra ya zama wurin zama na belar polar, dabbar daji da kerkeci. A cikin gandun daji na taiga daji, akwai dawa da yawa, barewar daji, beyar mai ruwan kasa, zomomi, squirrels, da badgers.
Dabbobin da ke ɗaukar furji suna da mahimmancin masana'antu, ciki har da fox, fox arctic, squirrel, mink, marten da zomo.
