📈 Chapter 9: Canada's Economy
9.4.2 Factories, Ports and Specialised Farming
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Other scenes show manufacturing, research and farming at work. Oakville, in Ontario, has a car assembly plant, part of the automotive industry. The Port of Vancouver sits on the Pacific coast and handles goods moving by sea. A research laboratory produced RIM's BlackBerry, an example of Canadian high technology. In the Niagara Region of Ontario, grapes are grown for ice wine, a specialised farm product. Put together, these pictures show services, manufacturing and natural resources all working side by side.
Key Facts
- A car assembly plant operates in Oakville, Ontario
- The Port of Vancouver is on the Pacific coast
- RIM's BlackBerry came out of Canadian research
- Ice wine grapes are grown in Ontario's Niagara Region
Test yourself on this topic
3 practice questions from “Factories, Ports and Specialised Farming”, each with the answer explained.
- The car assembly plant pictured in the chapter is in which Ontario town?
- Which Ontario region is pictured growing ice wine grapes?
- Which Pacific coast port appears in the chapter's photographs?
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