📈 Chapter 9: Canada's Economy
What share of working Canadians hold jobs in service industries?
Correct answer: More than three quarters
A Fewer than one quarter
B About one third
C About one half
✓ More than three quarters
💡 Explanation
Services are by far the biggest employer, taking in over three-quarters of Canadians who work.
Key facts to remember
- More than 75% of working Canadians worked in services (2012 figure)
- Services include health care, education, banking, retail and tourism
- Also transport, construction, communications and government
- Services are the largest part of Canada's economy
Why this is the answer
From the official Discover Canada study guide — 9.2.1 Service Industries:
Service industries do not make goods. Instead they provide services to people and to other businesses. They cover banking, health care, education, retail, tourism, transport, construction, communications and government work. Between them they offer thousands of different kinds of jobs. This is by far the largest part of the Canadian economy. In 2012, more than 75% of working Canadians earned their living in the service sector. That is roughly three workers out of every four. If you meet a working Canadian at random, the odds are they work in services.
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