Nature of Canada’s Nature of Canada’s EconomyEconomyCGC 1D/P1CGC 1D/P1

How does the human environment affect and change our natural environment?

Primary Industry

Manufacturing

Location Factors

Before we move on, we first need an understanding of what makes Before we move on, we first need an understanding of what makes up the Canadian Economyup the Canadian Economy

Economic Structure of Economic Structure of CanadaCanada

Economic SystemEconomic System

The organization in The organization in which products and which products and services are made and services are made and used upused up

ProducersProducers: : people who harvest, manufacture products or provide services.

Consumers:Consumers: people who use products and services.

The economy is made up of two different types of people:

How we categorize our economic industries

Primary Industries

Secondary Industries

Tertiary Industries

Quaternary Industries

-industries that harvest -industries that harvest natural resources natural resources

(natural resources: air, (natural resources: air, soil, water, oil, plants, soil, water, oil, plants, rocks, minerals, rocks, minerals, wildlife) wildlife)

Examples of Industries:Examples of Industries: mining, forestry, oil and mining, forestry, oil and gas, agriculture, fishing, hunting, trappinggas, agriculture, fishing, hunting, trapping

Primary IndustriesPrimary Industries

Provinces of Canada and their Provinces of Canada and their Primary Industries using natural Primary Industries using natural

resourcesresources

LabourLabour - Lower number of people - Lower number of people employed than other employed than other industry levels due to industry levels due to mechanization of the job mechanization of the job (one person per big (one person per big machine)machine)

-Skilled labour due to the Skilled labour due to the specialization of the job specialization of the job (college diploma and (college diploma and apprenticeship)apprenticeship)

Secondary Refining IndustriesSecondary Refining Industries

IndustriesIndustries: Steel mills, : Steel mills, paper mills, textile mills, paper mills, textile mills, plastic manufacturers, plastic manufacturers, flour millflour mill

- process raw materials into industrial products

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

-process industrial -process industrial products into goodsproducts into goods

IndustriesIndustries: car makers, : car makers, garment industry, garment industry, furniture makers, furniture makers, industrial bakersindustrial bakers

Secondary Manufacturing Industry

LabourLabour - Larger number of people - Larger number of people in a factory in a factory -Often industry trained Often industry trained labour, low skill labour labour, low skill labour

--provide services and provide services and distribution of final distribution of final products to the marketproducts to the market

Industries: Industries: retail sales, retail sales, utilities, public utilities, public administration, administration, communications, communications, health care, health care, restaurants, educationrestaurants, education

Tertiary Industry

LabourLabour -Large number of people Large number of people employed in this industry employed in this industry

-Labour skill varies: Labour skill varies: Low skill labour (ex Low skill labour (ex cashier), cashier), college trained (ex. chef, college trained (ex. chef, paramedic),paramedic),University trained (ex. University trained (ex. accountant, pharmacist) accountant, pharmacist)

-provides intellectual -provides intellectual servicesservices

IndustriesIndustries: Scientific : Scientific research, research, information information technology, technology, consultants, consultants,

Quaternary Industry

LabourLabour -Small of people employed Small of people employed in this industry in this industry -Very highly trained Very highly trained employees (many years of employees (many years of university)university)

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

Job Description Basic/Non-Basic

Coal miner in northeastern British Columbia

Hairdresser at a shopping mall

Art teacher

Actor at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival

Teller at the local bank

Vice-president of Scotiabank

Professor at Queen’s University

Receptionist at a dentist’s office

Air Canada pilot

School-bus driver

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

Basic

Basic

Non- basic

Non- basic

Non- basicBasic

BasicNon- basic

Basic

Non- basic

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)