The Canadian Shield has been inhabited for thousands of years by Indigenous peoples, who hunted, gathered, and fished in the region. However, the thinness and high acid content of the soil made agriculture and permanent settlement challenging. Today, the population density of the Canadian Shield remains low, and there are only a few large cities.
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