Canadian Geography 1202

Types of IndustrySCO References: 6.1, 6.3, 7.1

IntroductionIntroduction

Canada has a wide variety of jobs that provide Canadian citizens with employment.

All these jobs can be categorized into four (4) basic types of industry

Primary/Extraction Industries

industries that take raw materials from the natural environment .....farming, fishing, forestry, mining.

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Commercial FishingCommercial Fishing

ForestryForestry

Commercial FarmingCommercial Farming

Secondary/Manufacturing Industries

process the raw materials into finished products.....

Industries are further categorized as heavy industry and light industry

All kinds of manufacturing – anyone All kinds of manufacturing – anyone watch “ How it’s Made”?watch “ How it’s Made”?

Tertiary/Service Industries

provide services to people working in the primary and secondary industries...... retail, transportation, health care, office work, education

All kinds of tertiary industriesAll kinds of tertiary industries

Quaternary Industry

processing of information....... research, computer technology, cell phones

Guess which sector of industry is growing worldwide?

Information Technology, a Information Technology, a Booming Career Now and into Booming Career Now and into

the Futurethe Future

How many jobs in secondary industry?How many jobs in secondary industry?

How work is connected?How work is connected?

What do you observe in this chart? What do you observe in this chart? Create 3 or 4 statements telling me what you see about Create 3 or 4 statements telling me what you see about

work in this graph.work in this graph.

How has where people work changed in the last 5 decades? Write 3 or How has where people work changed in the last 5 decades? Write 3 or 4 statements outlining what you observe?4 statements outlining what you observe?

Where do you think the most work will be in the future? Where do you think the most work will be in the future?