Canadian Shield The Canadian Shield is half of Canada’s land surface. People live in this region because of all of its job opportunities such as; mining, forestry and hydro. The recreational activities that draws people to the Canadian Shield are; Niagara Falls, The Museum and The Winter Carnival (Quebec) Depending on where you go in the Canadian Shield you’ll get different geographical features is water based and forestry. In Manitoba the features are grasslands, fields and water based some similarities to Ontario. The main industries in Quebec is the Health Industry. I have made this the first ranked region because of the geographical features. They’re stunning and I would love to go there one day to see it all.