NATURAL RESOURCES AND INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION TO CANADAS RESOURCES

NATURAL RESOURCES • Natural resources are components of the Earth that humans use but

NATURAL RESOURCES • In Canada, our main renewable resources include: • Agriculture (farming) •

USING OUR RESOURCES • They won’t last forever, so it’s important to use our

USING OUR RESOURCES • The resources we harvest are used by various industries. •

TYPES OF INDUSTRY • Primary Industries: • Extracting raw materials from the ground or

TYPES OF INDUSTRY • Secondary Industries: • Manufacturing products by putting things together (using

TYPES OF INDUSTRY • Tertiary Industries: • Providing services to others and/or selling the

Many factors affect all levels of industry in a variety of ways… …In fact,

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NATURAL RESOURCES AND INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION TO CANADA’S RESOURCES

NATURAL RESOURCES • Natural resources are components of the Earth that humans use but are not man-made. • They are substances such as minerals, forests, water, fertile land, and animals that can be used for economic gain. • Natural resources come in two basic categories: • Renewable resources regenerate themselves naturally within approximately 100 years or less. • Non-renewable resources take millions of years to regenerate.

NATURAL RESOURCES • In Canada, our main renewable resources include: • Agriculture (farming) • Forestry (lumber) • Commercial fisheries (fishing for profit) • Our main non-renewable resources include: • Rocks and minerals (mining) • Fossil fuels (oil and gas) • In addition, our freshwater is a special resource that is essential to our country!

USING OUR RESOURCES • They won’t last forever, so it’s important to use our resources wisely! • Mining a resource is exploiting a renewable resource in an unsustainable way (bad!) • Sustained yield management is a process that ensures the amount of a resource used does not exceed how much is renewed each year (good!)

USING OUR RESOURCES • The resources we harvest are used by various industries. • Industry isn’t always a bad thing because industry can: • Provide jobs • Drive the economy • Improve our standard of living

TYPES OF INDUSTRY • Primary Industries: • Extracting raw materials from the ground or water • E. g. mining, forestry, farming, fishing

TYPES OF INDUSTRY • Secondary Industries: • Manufacturing products by putting things together (using the materials produced by primary industries) • E. g. auto assembly plants, factories, food production

TYPES OF INDUSTRY • Tertiary Industries: • Providing services to others and/or selling the products produced by secondary industries. • E. g. doctors, teachers, truck drivers, retail sales, etc.

Many factors affect all levels of industry in a variety of ways… …In fact, each type of industry often has a chain reaction on the others!