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?