Name: _________________________

Activity 1: Types of Industry

Part 1:
Fill in the blanks with the relevant industry sector. Remember that some industries may not fit exactly into
one definition or into more than one sector.
Activity Industry type Products/services

Produces aircraft, guided

missiles, space vehicles,
Aerospace quaternary
aircraft engines, propulsion
units, and related parts

Agriculture is the art and

science of cultivating the
soil, growing crops and
raising livestock. It includes
Agriculture primary
the preparation of plant and
animal products for people
to use and their distribution
to markets

The automotive industry

comprises a wide range of
companies and organizations
Automotive secondary involved in the design,
development,
manufacturing, marketing,
and selling of motor vehicles

handles cash, credit, and

other financial transactions.
Banking tertiary
Banks provide a safe place to
store extra cash and credit

a practice or arrangement by
which a company or
government agency provides
a guarantee of
Insurance tertiary
compensation for specified
loss, damage, illness, or
death in return for payment
of a premium.
 Factories that hold the
Clothing Factory secondary production of clothing and
apparel being manufactured

Computer programming is
the process of designing and
building an executable
Computer Programmer quaternary
computer program to
accomplish a specific
computing result

the science or practice of

Forestry primary planting, managing, and
caring for forests.

the occupation, profession,

or work of a teacher. A
teacher is a person who
helps students to acquire
Teaching tertiary
knowledge, competence or
virtue. Informally the role of
teacher may be taken on by
anyone

A factory that manufacturers

Cereal Factory secondary
cereal

Mineral processing can

involve four general types of
unit operation: comminution
– particle size reduction;
sizing – separation of particle
sizes by screening or
Minerals Processing primary
classification; concentration
by taking advantage of
physical and surface
chemical properties; and
dewatering – solid/liquid
separation.

Retail tertiary Retail is the process of

selling consumer goods or
services to customers
through multiple channels of
 distribution to earn a profit.
Retailers satisfy demand
identified through a supply
chain.

E-commerce is the activity of

electronically buying or
e-commerce quaternary
selling of products on online
services or over the Internet.

A truck driver is a person

Truck Driver tertiary who earns a living as the
driver of a truck.

Part 2:
1. Cut and paste four jobs from an employment web site on the Internet - Identify one from each type of
industry: i.e., primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary. (Links provided on Assignment Page)

Tertiary- https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobposting/32339829?source=searchresults
Primary- https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobposting/32302375?source=searchresults
Secondary- https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobposting/32273320?source=searchresults
Quaternary- https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobposting/32343175?source=searchresults

2. How would the employment distribution by industry be different in 1920 from those in 2005, as seen in the
content section? In your opinion, what are the reasons for this change?

I think the employment distribution by industry would overall be lower in all categories because that is an 85
year difference and in that time lots more tech, medicine, agriculture, manufactures, etc. have been discovered
and have evolved by 2005.

3. Choose a Canadian-made product (e.g., hockey stick) and trace the work involved in getting the product to
the consumer. Include its journey through the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary stages and
identify some of the typical jobs at each stage. Use the chart on the following page to complete this.

Product: maple syrup

Activity in this Sector Jobs in this Sector

Primary -Sap is collected from the tree -maple farmer

-sap is boiled

-syrup is sweetened
Secondary -last ingredients are added -maple factory employee

-packaged

Quaternary -labels are made and printed -package printer

-commercials are made -commercial agent

Tertiary -sold in stores -grocery store employee

-retailed -retailers