List of ghost towns in Canada
Encyclopedia
This is a list of ghost towns in Canada. A ghost town
is a town
that once had a considerable population, that has since dwindled in numbers causing some or all its business to close, either due to the rerouting of a highway
, train tracks being pulled, or exhaustion of some natural resource
.
Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
is a town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
that once had a considerable population, that has since dwindled in numbers causing some or all its business to close, either due to the rerouting of a highway
Highway
A highway is any public road. In American English, the term is common and almost always designates major roads. In British English, the term designates any road open to the public. Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a "highway system", a "highway network", or a...
, train tracks being pulled, or exhaustion of some natural resource
Natural resource
Natural resources occur naturally within environments that exist relatively undisturbed by mankind, in a natural form. A natural resource is often characterized by amounts of biodiversity and geodiversity existent in various ecosystems....
.