Why are the Canadian Territories so sparsely populated?

As Scott noted, there's notuch reason to live there. Any population requires a reason to settle in a particular location. An abundance of food, a natural trading hub driven by geographic features that shaped the transportation network around it, a... read more

Besides obviously it being sooo Cold up there, why else are there so few people in N Canada. I mean, even in Quebec, there are absolutly no roads north of 55 deg latitude (Scotland is just as far north!!) all the way to the Hudson Straight and Ungava Bay. read more

Although its territory is huge, most of it is extremely cold and most of its population are concentrated along the southern border, i.e. near the northern states of US. So, if you you consider only the warmer part's of Canada's territory, its population density might not be too different form that of the northern US states. read more