1. Types of Industry
Chapter 18

2. Four Types of Industry
Primary Industries
Secondary Industries
Tertiary Industries
Quaternary

3. Primary Industries
These industries take raw materials from the environment.
Logically primary industries are located in parts of Canada where the natural resources are found
Examples of Primary Industries
Mining, Fishing, Forestry, Agriculture

4. Primary Industries Cont…
With out these industries Canada’s economy ($$)could not exist in its current form
However, there is a very small percentage of Canadians that work in primary industries.
Can you remember what % of Canadians are directly involved in Agriculture? Only 4%!

5. Secondary Industries
Secondary industries process the raw materials into finished/useable goods.
The most important level of secondary industry is manufacturing.

6. Manufacturing Often involves more than one stage of processing.
Example: iron ore, limestone and other metals are all needed to make steel =(Primary manufacturing).
The steel is then used to make other things
= (Secondary manufacturing) like a making car part from the steel.
Manufacturing industries are located in populated areas because they want to be near their customers.
The closer they are, the less transportation costs and GHG’s there will be!

7. Location Factors of (Secondary Industry) Manufacturing Plants
Availability of Raw Materials
Location of Market
Availability of Fresh Water and Power Supply
Labour Supply
Transportation
Political Factors
Circumstance

8. Tertiary Industries
Tertiary industries provide SERVICES that support the primary and secondary industries and society in general.
More than 75% of Canadians work in Tertiary and Quaternary Industries that is more than the amount involved in Primary and Secondary Industries combined.
Examples: stores, newspapers, restaurants, government. Anything that provides a SERVICE to the public.

9. Tertiary Industries cont…
Tertiary Industries are located where there is a market for their services.
Since it needs people ( a market) to be successful it means that many of them will be located in urban areas or towns.
Supply and Demand
If there is a large population base, there will be a greater variety of tertiary industries. For example: IKEA

10. Quaternary Industries
Involves the processing of ideas rather than products.
Quaternary industries
tend NOT to follow any of the above locational factors. Since quaternary industries
deal with information,
they do not require specific locations.

11. Quaternary Industries cont…
Many quaternary industries are located in home offices around the world. The only location requirement is access to the information.
Example: computer programmers, professors, statistics analysts
Most of the time these jobs are counted as part of the
tertiary industries as
they do provide services

12. Basic and Non-Basic Industries
Basic Industries – bring money into a community. Ex. Mining, a University
;) = Basic = Brings $
Non-Basic Industries – recycle money around in a community. Ex. A Local restaurant
;) Non-basic = do NOT bring $
A communities economic development and sustainability depends upon basic industries to BRING in new $$.