Key facts for this chapter (8)

• The economy has three main types of industry: service, manufacturing and natural resources.
• About three quarters of Canadians work in service industries such as retail, education, health care and government.
• Manufacturing industries make goods for export and for use at home, with paper, technology, aerospace and vehicles among the largest.
• Natural resource industries include forestry, fishing, farming, mining and energy.
• The United States is Canada's largest trading partner.
• Canada has a long history of trade agreements with the United States and Mexico.
• Canada is a member of the G7, the group of leading industrialized economies.
• Trade and investment have made Canada one of the world's most prosperous countries.

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