Map four illustrates the areas of the world that have similar climates to the Boreal Shield Canadian ecozone which covers northern Saskatchewan, central Manitoba, south-eastern Manitoba, north-western Ontario, southern Ontario, southern Quebec and Newfoundland. Areas of similar climate include the United Kingdom, Europe, Norway, Sweden, Finland, western Russia, the southern tip of Brazil, southern Australia, New Zealand, north-western United States, Alaska, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories.