4 Main Industries in Atlantic Canada

Primary Industry  Jobs that come from natural resources.  Ex: fishing, mining, forestry, and farming.  Can you think of another example?

Secondary Industry  Jobs that take natural resources and turn them into something else  Ex: manufacturing plants, factories, and processing plants (ex: McCain’s turns potatoes into fries)  Can you think of another example?

Tertiary Industry  Jobs where people help others, or offer their services (usually need training first!)  Ex: doctors, lawyers, teachers, dentists, repair persons, electricians.  Can you think of another example?

Quaternary Industry  Jobs that involve offering services using specialized technologies.  Ex: research scientists, software designers, computer technicians

Group Activity #1 Is it Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or Quaternary?  Selling fish fillets  Making bread  Wood harvesting  Working in a bookstore  Dental hygienist  Canning peas  Designing a computer program that charts attendance  Making leather shoes  Gold mining

Group Activity #2 Which industry is largest in our Area? 1.Write a list of jobs your parents have had, or have now. (Person 1) 2.Figure out if they are Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary. (Person 2 writes P,S,T or Q) 3.Write the jobs on the Class Tally.(Person3) 4.Figure out what % of the jobs are Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary. 5.When the whole class is done, we will find the %, based on the class tally.