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Look at Ontario 2000 word report (approximately 6 written pages, double-spaced), supported by figures, tables, and maps. Make full use of the material in your textbook, but also use the Statistics Canada website or publications available at your local library, newspapers, magazines, books, the internet, and other sources to find up‐to‐date information. Please use a minimum of eight external resources, including peer-reviewed journals.

APA Style is required.

Include information of the following:

Describe the dominant (or top one, two, or three) economic activities in the region.

Provide a brief description and overview of the natural features that can be found in your region, along with an assessment of how much they contribute to the region’s economy.

Identify the population density, and describe how the population is concentrated or dispersed. Is there evidence that your region is seeing an increase or decrease of people since 2001? Where (in what geographic area) is growth occurring (if it is occurring)? If it is not occurring, where (what geographic area or place) in the region are people leaving? Describe one or two reasons (with references) for this pattern.

From the above, identify where you think the core areas are and where you think the periphery areas are. Do you think the region is rapidly growing, slow growing, or diminishing in terms of its economy (as per Friedman’s core/periphery model outlined in Chapter 1)?

What evidence is there for your conclusion?
Identify and describe one of Bone’s faultlines that is evident in the region. Is the faultline currently dormant, or is it active (see page 10 of your textbook)? Elaborate on what you think this faultline will look like in 10 years—will it exist? Will it be active and prominent? Why or why not? You are encouraged to include other thoughts.
Identify what you think is the greatest one or two challenges facing people of the region in the next 10 years. Each challenge may be economic, social, demographic, or be rooted in natural resource use. Explain why you think each challenge is paramount to the people of the region. Identify two ways that each challenge could be overcome.

The report must include an introduction and conclusion.

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Economy of Ontario		2
ECONOMY OF ONTARIO
Table of Contents
Introduction	3
Dominant Economic Activities	3
Natural Features	5
Population	5
Core and Periphery	7
Bone’s Faultline	7
Challenges	8
Conclusion	9
References	10
Introduction
	The economic development and status of Ontario is hugely dependent on as well as guided by the geographical position of the province. Ontario has a huge population which appropriately supports and maintains the strong economical position of the province. In addition to that, the natural resources found in Ontario help the province to boom economically and thrive as a highly functional province in Canada. The presence of lakes, forestry, flora and fauna along with the different cultural aspects add on to the economic benefit of the province. As a result of this, the huge population which is rising with the passage of time, is capable of enhancing the economic condition of the province.
Dominant Economic Activities
	Ontario can be rightfully considered as the economic motor of Canada, as it generates approximately 37% of the national GDP. In addition to that, the province of Ontario is the home to almost 50% of the employees from the arena of high tech, financial services as well as industries that are knowledge-intensive (Ontario, 2021). The central reason as to why Ontario’s economic condition is thriving and leading the nation from the perspective of economic development is the unique combination of the resources that are intrinsically available, the manufacturing expertise, exports and their eternal drive for innovation and advancement. The most dominant economic activities in Ontario are manufacturing, services industry and mining.
	The manufacturing industry is one of the most dominant activities in Ontario. The province is actually part of the North American manufacturing heartland. According to Dales (2019), the key manufacturing industries of Ontario are inclusive of autos, information and communication technologies, biotech, pharmaceuticals and medical devices. The manufacturing industries of Ontario are mostly prominent in the southern parts of the province, such as between the regions of Oshawa and Windsor. The manufacturing industry of Ontario generates a hefty amount of $270 billion in annual sales. In addition to that, the industry also accounts for about 18% of the GDP of the province. The manufacturing industry employs over 12% of Ontario’s total workforce. From the reports, it has been found that Ontario is the largest sub-national automotive assembly jurisdiction that is observed in North America. Based on the reports of Statistics Canada, it has been observed that 88% of Ontario’s vehicle production was exported to the United States. In addition to that, in the year 2011, the manufacturing businesses of Ontario has shipped more than $258 billion (Ontario, 2021). Ontario also has the largest manufacturing employees of any jurisdiction in Canada and the United States, after California and Texas.
	The province of Ontario has gradually shifted its focus from the manufacturing industry to the service industry. The service industry of Ontario is also considered to be the largest part of the economy of Ontario, which makes up around 76.9% of the province’s economy (Ontario, 2021), while the manufacturing industry accounted for only 12.4% (THE CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA, 2020). According to Spencer and Holland (2019), the major sectors of the service industry of Ontario are inclusive of business as well as financial services, professional and scientific technical services, as well as arts and culture.
	The mining industry of the province of Ontario is known for its world leading environmental standards. It is also renowned as it is the global leader in terms of productivity. The province is a huge producer of both metal as well as non-metallic minerals. Ontario is renowned for the production of nickel as well as the platinum group metals and ranks among the top ten producers of the world. In addition to that, according to Corbeil (2020), the province of Ontario is also famous for the production of others metals such as gold, silver, zinc, cobalt and copper. The southern part of Ontario is a rich producer of non-metallic minerals such as salt, gypsum, lime, nephelinesyenite as well as structural materials such as stone, gravel and sand.

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