CA-509751 The Canadian North / Le Nord Canadien

Northern Canada, colloquially the North, is the vast northernmost region of Canada variously defined by geography and politics. Politically, the term refers to the three territories of Canada: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. The North, with an area of 3,921,739 km2 (1,514,192 sq mi) makes up 39.3% of Canada. Although vast, the entire region is very sparsely populated. As of 2011, only about 107,265 people lived there compared to 33,369,423 in the rest of Canada.

Much of Northern Canada has a subarctic climate. Most of the Canadian Artic Archipelago has a tundra climate. There is an ice cap climate in Arctic Cordillera. For more than half of the year, much of Northern Canada is snow and ice covered, with some limited moderation by the relatively warmer waters in coastal areas.

This postcard came from Christine (11 March 2015) Postcrossing.