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Northern Soil Research in Canada

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Northern Canada, the vast, sparsely populated region of Canada affected by permafrost, encompasses about half (5 × 106 km2) of the country and includes the Arctic and Subarctic zones and portions of the Boreal zone. This region, which is composed of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut (formerly the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories), the Yukon, and the northern portions of most provinces, has a population density of only 2 people per hundred square kilometers.

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