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Nature of Canada’s Economy

Nature of Canada’s Economy. CGC 1D/P1. Key Question:. How does the human environment affect and change our natural environment?. We will be looking at this through 3 different aspects:. Primary Industry Manufacturing Location Factors.

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Nature of Canada’s Economy

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  1. Nature of Canada’s Economy CGC 1D/P1

  2. Key Question: How does the human environment affect and change our natural environment? We will be looking at this through 3 different aspects: • Primary Industry • Manufacturing • Location Factors Before we move on, we first need an understanding of what makes up the Canadian Economy

  3. Economic Structure of Canada Economic System • The organization in which products and services are made and used up

  4. The economy is made up of two different types of people: Producers: people who harvest, manufacture products or provide services. Consumers:people who use products and services.

  5. How we categorize our economic industries Primary Industries Secondary Industries Tertiary Industries Quaternary Industries

  6. -industries that harvest natural resources (natural resources: air, soil, water, oil, plants, rocks, minerals, wildlife) Primary Industries Examples of Industries: mining, forestry, oil and gas, agriculture, fishing, hunting, trapping

  7. Provinces of Canada and their Primary Industries using natural resources

  8. Labour • - Lower number of people employed than other industry levels due to mechanization of the job (one person per big machine) • Skilled labour due to the specialization of the job (college diploma and apprenticeship)

  9. Secondary Refining Industries - process raw materials into industrial products Industries: Steel mills, paper mills, textile mills, plastic manufacturers, flour mill

  10. Labour • - Larger number of people employed than primary industry but still lower than manufacturing industry • Some college skilled labour (steel milling), Often industry trained labour

  11. -process industrial products into goods Secondary Manufacturing Industry Industries: car makers, garment industry, furniture makers, industrial bakers

  12. Labour • - Larger number of people in a factory • Often industry trained labour, low skill labour

  13. -provide services and distribution of final products to the market Industries: retail sales, utilities, public administration, communications, health care, restaurants, education Tertiary Industry

  14. Labour • Large number of people employed in this industry • Labour skill varies: • Low skill labour (ex cashier), • college trained (ex. chef, paramedic), • University trained (ex. accountant, pharmacist)

  15. -provides intellectual services Industries: Scientific research, information technology, consultants, Quaternary Industry

  16. Labour • Small of people employed in this industry • Very highly trained employees (many years of university)

  17. Basic and Non-Basic Industries Basic Industries • Industries that sell their products outside the community, bringing “new” money into the community Non-Basic Industries • Industries that sell their products within the community, not bringing “new” money into the community

  18. Decide if the description is an example of either a basic or non-basic industry: Basic Non- basic Non- basic Basic Non- basic Basic Basic Non- basic Basic Non- basic

  19. Now it’s your turn: Complete the following work from your textbook: Pg 276 #’s 2, 3c, 4 Prepare for tomorrow: MINING Using your textbook -Provide definitions for the following terms: minerals, metallic minerals, fossil fuels, and industrial minerals (p 326) -What is the difference between strip, open and underground mining (p 334)

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