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  2. Examples of ice age refugia - Wikipedia

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    It is host to over 2000 islands, some with mountains exceeding 1000 meters in elevation. These higher peaks still support remnants of the ice age: snowfields and small glaciers. During the glacial period, glacier formation was accompanied by a lowering in the sea level, which likely helped expose the now submerged continental shelf.

  3. Glacier National Park (Canada) - Wikipedia

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    The Wheeler Hut is the oldest and largest, and is located near the Illecillewaet camping area. The Asulkan hut sits at 2,100 metres (6,900 ft) on the Asulkan Pass, the Sapphire Col hut is a basic shelter near The Dome, and the Glacier Circle cabin in the Beaver River valley is a base for travelling in the southern areas of the park. [49]

  4. Homelessness in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Graffiti of homeless in Quebec City. Homelessness in Canada was not a social problem until the 1980s. [1] The Canadian government housing policies and programs in place throughout the 1970s were based on a concept of shelter as a basic need or requirement for survival and of the obligation of government and society to provide adequate housing for everyone.

  5. Homeless shelter - Wikipedia

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    Homeless shelters are a type of service and total institution that provides temporary residence for homeless individuals and families. Shelters exist to provide residents with safety and protection from exposure to the weather while simultaneously reducing the environmental impact on the community.

  6. Affordable housing in Canada - Wikipedia

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    With 424 housing units per 1,000 people, Canada ranks lowest of the G7 nations [f] in "average housing supply per capita" compared to France, which has 540 units per 1,000—the largest housing supply per capita. Within Canada, the available housing supply inventory is the lowest on record. [81] It reflects a chronic insufficiency of home supply.

  7. Category:Homeless shelters in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Homeless shelters in Canada" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.

  8. Arctic Archipelago - Wikipedia

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    The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of Denmark, by itself, much larger than the combined area of the archipelago) and Iceland (an independent country)

  9. Affordable housing by country - Wikipedia

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    In Canada affordability is one of three factors, along with adequacy and suitability, used to determine core housing needs. [13] Canada ranks among the lowest of the most developed countries for housing affordability. [14] Since the 1980s the federal government has played a smaller and smaller role in funding affordable and social housing.