Living and Working in Ontario
- Natural Resources: These are things found in the natural environment and are useful to people.
- *Examples include good soil, water, minerals and forests.
Physical Features: These are natural forms found in the environment like mountains, lakes, valleys, and rivers.
Farming Communities:
*Different types of farms include dairy, vegetable, cattle,
poultry or fruit.
*Farms are very important because they grow and sell crops.
*Farmers earn money by selling harvested crops.
*Different types of farms include dairy, vegetable, cattle,
poultry or fruit.
*Farms are very important because they grow and sell crops.
*Farmers earn money by selling harvested crops.
Manufacturing Communities:
*Oshawa is known as a manufacturing community and makes over a million cars a year.
*Oshawa is known as a manufacturing community and makes over a million cars a year.
Forestry Communities:
Forestry: The cutting down and replanting of trees.
*Trees are a natural resource that is used to make wood products such as paper, boards, and furniture.
*These products are used around the world.
Forestry: The cutting down and replanting of trees.
*Trees are a natural resource that is used to make wood products such as paper, boards, and furniture.
*These products are used around the world.
Mining Communities:
Mining: The removal of minerals and metals from the Earth.
*Many things you use in your daily life are made from minerals and metals such as CD’s, telephones, computers, trains, cars, and medicines.
*There are many types of jobs in mining communities.
Mining: The removal of minerals and metals from the Earth.
*Many things you use in your daily life are made from minerals and metals such as CD’s, telephones, computers, trains, cars, and medicines.
*There are many types of jobs in mining communities.
Port Communities:
Port: Is a harbour, or place for ships to dock and unload.
*Large ships from Canada and around the world use Canadian ports to transport cargo such as grains, mineral ore, and other products.
*St. Lawrence Seaway connects the St. Lawrence River with the Great Lakes.
Port: Is a harbour, or place for ships to dock and unload.
*Large ships from Canada and around the world use Canadian ports to transport cargo such as grains, mineral ore, and other products.
*St. Lawrence Seaway connects the St. Lawrence River with the Great Lakes.
Fishing Communities:
*Canada has the world’s longest coastline and is surrounded by the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans.
*We have one of the world’s most important fishing industries.
*Canada has the world’s longest coastline and is surrounded by the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans.
*We have one of the world’s most important fishing industries.