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Choose a category to show related flashcards.Skip Navigation LinksThe North American Free Trade Agreement.
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Canada joined this after World War II. It later became the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The World Trade Organization (WTO). Canada is a member of this.
Allows all Canadians to get basic healthcare.
Employment Insurance (EI). EI is insurance to help people who lose their jobs.
The Canadian Pacific Railway
1885: The railway was finished. It is a powerful symbol of unity. It connects Canada geographically from the West Coast to the Atlantic Region.
What are the main industries of Newfoundland?
• Offshore oil and gas
• Hydro-electric resources
What are the main industries of Nova Scotia?
Coal mining, forestry, agriculture, shipbuilding, shipping, fisheries, and off-shore oil and gas.
What are the main industries of New Brunswick?
Forestry, agriculture, fisheries, mining, food processing and tourism.
What are the main industries of Quebec?
Forestry, energy, mining, pharmaceuticals and aeronautics.
What are the main industries of Ontario?
Service and manufacturing industries.
What are the main industries of Manitoba?
Agriculture, mining and hydro-electric power generation.
What are the main industries of Saskatchewan?
Canada’s largest producer of grains and oilseeds.
What are the main industries of Alberta?
Largest producer of oil and gas.
What are the main industries of British Columbia?
Forestry, mining, fishing, fruit orchards and wine industry.
What are the main industries of Yukon?
Mining.
What are the main industries of Northwest Territories?
Gold, lead, copper, diamond and zinc. Oil and gas is being developed.
Was caught, traded and sold by French and Aboriginal people to buyers in Europe.
1670: A fur-trading company that got the right to look for fur near the Hudson's Bay
3 main types of industry in Canada
Service, manufacturaing and natural resource industries.
1988: What did Canada start doing with the U.S.A.?
Canada started free trade with the U.S.A.
Mexico, Canada and the U.S.A.
1994: What trade agreement began?
Mexico, U.S.A. and Canada became partners in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The 8 countries in the G8
U.S.A., Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Japan, Russia, and Canada.
% of Canadians who work in service industries
75%.
Canada's largest trading partner
The United States of America.
Examples of service industries
Jobs in the service industry are in the areas of transportation, education, healthcare, construction, banking, communications, retail services, tourism and government.
Examples of manufacturing Industries
Manufactured products include paper, high technology equipment, aerospace technology, automobiles, machinery, food, clothing, and many other goods.
Examples of natural resource Industries
These industries include forestry, fishing, agriculture, mining and energy.
The United States' largest international trading partner
Canada
What % of Canada's exports go to the U.S.A.?
75% (3/4) of Canada's exports go to the U.S.A.
“Children of a common mother, Brethren dwelling together in unity"
The words written on the Peace Arch in Washington, U.S.A. that show how the U.S.A. and Canada are closely connected.
Canada/U.S.A trading relationship
The largest bilateral trading relationship in the world.
The breadbasket of the world
Saskatchewan.
The largest producer of oil and gas in Canada is...
Alberta.
Largest industry in British Columbia
The forestry industry. 50% of the goods made in BC are forestry products.
The name for the time in the 1890s which many people hurried (rushed) to go north to try to get rich from the gold in the Yukon.
The diamond capital of North America
Another name for the Northwest Territories.
1947: What started Canada's modern energy industry?
Oil was discovered in Alberta.
1927: Ideas about Old Age security began to emerge.
1965: What started in Canada and Quebec?
Pension plans.
1886: The first train on the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) that travelled to British Columbia for the first time.
A name for the 1920s because of good economic times.
1929: What event triggered the Great Depression?
The stock market crashed.
The Great Depression (Dirty Thirties)
A name for the 1930s because of bad economic times. There was high unemployment and bad crops.
1934: Was created. It brought stability to the financial system.
