Geography 2010A/B Midterm: Midterm 2 NOTES GEO OF CANADA.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Geography
• Course: Geography 2010A/B
• Professor: Suzanne Greaves

Document Summary

Lecture 6 october 17 - ontario and agriculture and manufacturing. Ontario"s economy: (any economy can be divided into this: tertiary/quaternary services sector of economy. Management and analysis of information, finical decisions. For the last 2-3 decades their had be an increases emphasis in the industrializing counties, so less emphasis on secondary. Secondary importance is decreases but there is talk of a renewal one: primary harvesting and extraction. Raw materials and natural resources like mining, fishing etc. Canada"s has very limited amounts of agricultural land- large country but limited amount of places for agriculture land, of the land we do have the best of the best agriculture land is in southern ontario. Less than 10% of canada"s total area is suitable for agriculture. Less than 7% of canada"s land is on farms. Less than 5% of canada"s land is improved . Critical limits to agricultural activity in canada: terrain, permafrost, and 1750 growing degree-days, moisture deficit.