1. Industry in Canada can be divided into three main groups:
(primary industries);
(secondary industries); and
(tertiary) industries. In 1990, the primary sector, including
,
, forestry and
accounted for 10 per cent of Canada's Gross Domestic Product. Secondary
industries, including manufacturing,
, transport and
, made up 36 per cent of GDP; and the tertiary sector of trade,
, services and public administration, accounted for nearly 54 per
cent of GDP.
2. Canada's first Prime Minister,
, launched a national economic plan to develop
and a
industry.
3. Industries in which the processing of raw materials makes them
more valuable are called
industries.
4. In the 1960s, Canada and US jointly signed the
, which was an agreement ensuring freer trade in cars.
5. In 1980, the Canadian government brought in the
, a controversial move to seize control of the country's energy
industry.
6. It remains uncertain as to whether in the long term, embracing
close economic relations with the US will lead to a serious
of Canada's economic, and therefore political and cultural
.
7. In 1947, major oil and natural gas reserves were discovered
in the western, mainly agricultural province of
.
8. In terms of very advanced technology, Canada has provided a
robotic arm (the
) to space shuttle.
9. Members of the Group of 7 include
,
,
,
,
,
,
.
10. Canada is involved in developing the Chinese
industry.
