The Primary Industry In Atlantic CanadaMarch 9th, 2015

Class Schedule

-A look at the different areas of the primary industry.

-Primary sector trade.

-Primary industry article/questions.

Daylight Saving Time Facts

Road and Pedestrian Safety5-7% increase in accidents following clock changes.

Many Places Don’t Use ItSaskatchewan and some parts of B.C. don’t use it. Also Arizona and Hawaii.Unnecessary at or near the equator, because the length of each day remains the same or varies by just a small amount.Most countries in Africa and Asia don’t use daylight saving time.

Going Back In Time?In 2012, an Ohio man was arrested for drinking and driving twice at the same time on the same day by the same police officer. The Ohio man was arrested at 1:08 a.m. on Nov. 4, 2012, taken to the police station and released a short time later. However, at 2 a.m. that morning, the clocks were set back to 1 a.m.

The Cost of An Hour?Factoring in sleep deprivation, related health bills, through to the time lost to the simple act of resetting all the clocks in millions of households twice a year. One estimate for U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas, suggests daylight time costs the United States about $434 million per year, based on 2010 population figures.

Definition of Primary Sector Refresher

Primary Industry: Refers to activities in which people use, extract, or harvest natural resources. The products are only slightly altered before they are used.

Examples:

Farming

Fishing

Forestry

Mining

Natural Resources

Natural Resources: A material source of wealth, such as timber, fresh water, or a mineral deposit, that occurs in a natural state and has economic value.

Renewable Vs. Non-Renewable

Renewable Natural Resource: Natural resources that have the ability to replace themselves.

-Animals-Plants-Trees-Fish

Non-Renewable Natural Resource: Non-living things; once a non-renewable resource is used up, it cannot be replaced except over very long periods of time.

-Oil-Minerals-Gas

Primary Industry By Province

Do you know which types of primary industry each Atlantic Canadian province is best known for?

Prince Edward Island:-Farming

-Fishing

Nova Scotia:

-Fishing-Mining-Forestry

New Brunswick:

-Forestry

-Mining

-Fishing

Newfoundland &Labrador:-Mining

-Fishing

FarmingFarming: Set of activities devoted to producing food and other products from the land.-One of the most important industries in Prince Edward Island.

-Types of farming:1. Vegetables.2. Livestock.3. Dairy.4. Egg.5. Fur.6. Mixed (Most Common).

Input: Everything needed to grow crops.Process: Carrying out farming activities.Output: What is produced.

Farming’s Contribution To the GDP-PEI: 7.9%-NS: 1.1%-NB: 1.1%-NF: 0.3%

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FishingFishing: The activity of catching fish, either for food, sale, or as a sport.

-Remains one of the most important industries in Atlantic Canada.

-Cod Fishery was closed in July 1992 due to fish stocks disappearing.

-Some in the industry moved to other jobs as a result.

Fishing’s Contribution To The GDP-PEI: 2.0%-NS: 1.8%-NB: 0.9%-NF: 0.9%

MiningMining: Taking mineral resources from the earth. These mineral can include metallic, non-metallic, or fossil fuels.

-Coal discovered on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, nearly 350 years ago.

-Different methods are used to extract these resources.

-One of the least important part’s of Prince Edward Island’s economy.

-Sand mining officially ended May 1st, 2009 (linked to erosion).

Mining’s Contribution To The GDP-PEI: <0.1%-NS: 1.8%-NB: 1.8%-NF: 3.9%

ForestryForestry: The science or practice of planting, managing, and caring for forests.

-Forestry used in construction and paper production.

-Most forests in Atlantic Canada owned by the government.

-Limits are set on how much can be harvested.

-This is known as the Allowable Annual Cut (AAC).

-Determined by:1. Rate of tree growth.2. Loss from fires, insects, and disease.3. Number of trees replanted.

*8% of all Atlantic Canadian forests are cut down each year.

Forestry’s Contribution To The GDP-PEI: 0.5%-NS: 0.7%-NB: 2.1%-NF: 1.2%

QuestionsDivide into groups of four. Each member will pick one of the primaryindustries discussed on pages 161-163.

Answer the following:

1. Explain how your resource meets the (3) requirements of being anatural resource. You will find these requirements in the firstparagraph of pg. 159

2. Which secondary industries would use your resource? Namethree items that would be produced.

3. Share your answers with the group.

How Primary Sector Trade Has Changed

-Initially, trade was primarily done with Britain.

-Raw materials from Canada were sent to Britain. Those materials were turned into finished products and sent back to Canada for sale.

-Canada imposed strict tariffs (taxes) to block U.S. goods.

-Gradually, this has shifted to the much strongertrade with the United States

Trade With The United States

-January 2014: Canada Exported 30.7 Billion Dollars Worth Of Goods To The U.S.

Canada Imported 27.1 Billion Of Goods From The U.S.

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