CANADA'S INDUSTRIES AND RESOURCES

 

REGION
PROVINCE OR TERRITORY
INDUSTRIES & RESOURCES
Atlantic Provinces
New Brunswick
forestry, food processing
Nova Scotia
fishing, mining, tourism
Prince Edward Island
potato farms,tourism
Newfoundland and Labrador
fishing, oil
Central Canada
Quebec
manufacturing, hydroelectricity, tourism, mining, dairy farms

Ontario

manufacturing, mining (nickel,gold,zinc, copper) fruit, tourism

The Prairies
Manitoba

wheat, hydroelectricity

Note: The Manitoba Customer Contact Association estimates that 10,500 people are employed by the call centre industry.

Saskatchewan
wheat, mining (potash)
Alberta
oil & gas,wheat, cattle, tourism
West Coast
British Columbia
forestry, fishing, tourism, fruit farms, cattle ranches
 
The North
Yukon
fur, mining, oil & gas, arts & crafts
Northwest Territories
Nunavut

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