The Service Sector in Canada ENJOYING A GOOD LIFE The Service Sector in Canada

The Tertiary Industry About ¾ (75%) of Canadians work in the tertiary industries. Tertiary Industries are often called THE SERVICE INDUSTRY. This means that 3 out of 4 Canadians provide services to other people and to businesses

Range of Jobs The range of Jobs in the Service Industry is HUGE! The Prime Minister of Canada, High School Teachers (like Mr. K) and the person who cuts your hair and sell you the latest iPhone or iPod are all part of the service industry. Some examples of Service Industry jobs are selling things in a store, selling houses, teaching music lessons, loading trucks, working at a restaurant and fixing computers.

Retail Sales Retail workers SELL THINGS They work in Gas Stations, Coffee Shops, and Malls The Retail Sector employs about 1 million Canadians They do their job by stocking shelves, preparing items for customers (like food), working as cashiers, working as waiters/waitresses, helping customers find things

What Makes Retail Jobs Tough Retail businesses have to sell things to make money. This means that many go out of business and people can lose their jobs Retail jobs don’t pay their workers very much – they have a low wage. Turn to page 133 and look at the charts Workers have little Job Security – they can be hired or fired with no warning

Transportation The transportation industry moves things and people from one place to the other Part of Canada’s INFRASTRUCTURE (basic services that are needed for the economy) Supplying goods and energy, as well as getting rid of waste (like Garbage and recycling) are part of the transportation sector

Kinds of Transportation Air Transport: Moving things or people by airplane. Fast and easy, but expensive. Shipping: Moving goods by ship. Cheap and useful, but needs waterways. Railways: Moving people and goods by train. Cheapest way to move things on land, but needs tracks and is too slow to move people over long distances.

Kinds of Transportation (Con’t) Road Transport: Moving people or goods by truck, van, bus or car. Fairly fast, cheap to move people around. Pipelines: Used to move fluids like oil, gas and water – they are moved through a pipe as long as 5000km. Cheap to move fluids, but requires pipelines be built.

Communications People who work in COMMUNICATIONS help us talk to each other They help us with Television (cable and satellite), phones, cell phones (and wireless internet), computers, the internet, mail (letters), gps, and internet technologies. Communications also allow people to work from home. This is called TELECOMMUTING.

Infrastructure To be successful, every country needs a strong infrastructure. Below is a list of some of the important part of infrastructure. Road, sewers, power grids, hospitals, fire stations, schools, community centers, communications networks, railroads, airports, bus stations, public transit, bike paths and much, much more! Without infrastructure, the country would not work!

Business and Personal Services People who work in this area help people improve their quality of life – in other words – they help us make our lives better and more fun. Example of people who work in this area are auto mechanics, real-estate agents, travel agents, and barbers. This is the fastest growing part of the Service Sector: there are lots of new job opportunities!

Wrap-Up: Think About It! Tell me everything you can about retail Tell me about infrastructure Explain quality of life and why Canadians quality of life is so good Explain why the tertiary sector (service industries) is/are so important to Canada? Are some jobs in the service sector more important than others? Give me examples and tell me why in your own words.