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Define primary industries?
Primary industries are those that harvest or extract raw material from nature.
100
What is the total number of workers in Canada, in 2005?
657,000
100
What is the percent of workers in Kapuskasing for primary industries?
3%
100
How did the US upgrade their farming practices for picking corn?
They got a corn belt and combine harvesters to pick the corn.
100
What year did the farms sharply decline?
1996
200
What are the six primary industries?
agriculture, oil and gas extraction, logging and forestry, mining, fishing, and trapping
200
What is the percentage of the workforce in 2005 in agriculture?
2.2%
200
What kind of primary industry was Kapuskasing supposed to be built on, but couldn’t because only 3% of the workforce worked in that category?
Forestry
200
Why do many primary industries in Canada need fewer workers?
Because Canada is a developed country and is more technologically advanced so they need fewer workers.
200
What is the average Ontario farm size?
226 acres
300
What two primary industries contributed to 3.5% of Canada’s total economic output in 2004?
Agriculture and the extraction of oil and gas contributed 3.5%
300
Which four countries have natural resources that compare to Canada’s?
USA, Russia, Australia and Brazil
300
What are Canada’s two most important primary industries?
Logging and Oil extraction
300
In what year were European immigrants drawn to Ontario because of offers for free land and a better future?
1869
300
How many people did logging and forestry employ in 2010?
51,000 people
400
What is another name for primary industries?
Extractive Industries
400
What primary resources have been declining over the years?
Fishing and Trapping
400
Canada is a world leader of many natural resources such as…?
gold, nickel, uranium, diamonds, lead, and crude petroleum
400
Where did immigrants to Ontario looking for land a better future come from in 1869?
United States and United Kingdom
400
What type of primary industry did they have troubles with in the United States in the last decade?
Softwood Lumber
500
Why are they called Primary Industries?
Because the extraction of natural resources must happen first before anything else can occur.
500
Which industry has the highest rate of job loss?
Forestry
500
What secondary industry service is linked to the primary logging industry?
Pulp and paper
500
In the 2001 census of agriculture how many counted farms were there?
59,728 farms were counted.
500
For fishing, hunting, and trapping what are the main export markets?
United States, China, and Japan.
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