Native Canada, ca 1820

Website: "On this map, population is shown by circles, colour coded by linguistic groups, and scaled according to estimated population size. This gives the general picture of population distribution at this time. These were greatly affected by disease and migration resulting from European contact.

Information on patterns of population movement is also depicted - both traditional seasonal movements, and large scale migration due to warfare or other disruptive influences. Native economic zones are broadly characterized by how traditional economies had been affected by European contact. These range from those severely disrupted by European settlement and resource depletion, to traditional economies relatively untouched by contact.

Information on European commercial activity is also shown, to put the former into context: both trading posts, and routes of maritime commerce are depicted." For documentation explaining the data, see file: HACOLP_Nat_Canada_ca_1820_Distribution_Info_20161207.pdf To view the full maps, download all the files preserving file hierarchy, and unzip the shapefiles to the folder HACOLP_Nat_Canada_1820/GISData/HACOLP/Data/UNIT_14/Shapefiles/