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
Definition:
The organization in which products and services are made and used up

4. Consumers: people who use products and services.
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. Now, begin filling in your chart on the bottom of your page using the next few slides.
You should have 5 categories

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

8. Natural Resource Industry
Provinces of Canada and their Primary Industries using natural resources
Natural Resource Industry
Newfoundland & Labrador
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Northwest Territories
Forestry X
Water (Hydroelectric)
Fishery
Oil & Gas
Agriculture
Mining

9. 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)

10. 2a. Secondary Refining Industries
- Definition: process raw materials into industrial products
Examples Industries: Steel mills, paper mills, textile mills, plastic manufacturers, flour mill

11. 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

12. 2b. Secondary Manufacturing Industry
-Definition: process industrial products into goods
Example Industries: car makers, garment industry, furniture makers, industrial bakers

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

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

15. 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)

16. 4. Quaternary Industry
-Definition: provides intellectual services
Example Industries: Scientific research, information technology, consultants

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

18. Basic and Non-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

19. Decide if the description is an example of either a basic or non-basic industry:
Job Description
Basic/Non-Basic
Coal miner in north-eastern British Columbia
Hairdresser at a shopping mall
Art teacher
Actor at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival
Teller at the local bank
Vice-president of Scotia bank
Professor at Queen’s University
Receptionist at a dentist’s office
Air Canada pilot
School-bus driver
Basic
Non- basic
Non- basic
Basic
Non- basic
Basic
Basic
Non- basic
Basic
Non- basic

20. Now it’s your turn: Complete the following work from your textbook:
Pg 276
Questions 2, 3c, 4
Finish for homework if not completed in class

21. Homework:
1. Complete the textbook questions.
2. Complete the Natural Resources Worksheet

22. Jigsaw Activity -Resources
Today’s activity requires you to learn your information and become EXPERTS on your issue.
Each student has been given a slip of paper with a character on it. Find those students who have the same character/actor as yours and form a group. There should be 6 groups.
Each group will have an issue on a colored sheet of paper and is responsible for learning that information on your specific topic ONLY.
In your groups, you need to read the short Fact Sheet.
Then, write down 5 key points from that sheet on your chart, include diagrams, pictures and information.
Then, think of some possible solutions to this problem.

23. Jigsaw Activity -Resources
Now, we are going to make 6 brand NEW groups to share the information that you have gathered from your current group.
Each student has a character on a coloured piece of paper. Find those student who have the same colour as you – purple, red, blue, etc, and make a new group.
In your new groups, share the information that you have gathered on your topic/issue.
Fill in the chart on the 5 other issues so that your chart is complete. Start with the person who did “Shop til you Drop”
* Students are expected to discuss the info, NOT just copy from each other. You should be talking and writing as a group. *

24. 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)

25. Complete the Worksheet:
Complete the worksheet on Fishing: An Industry in Crisis.
Use your textbook, pages 278 – 291 to complete the two sheets.