Which of the following is an example of a manufacturing industry?
- Aerospace technology
- Banking
- Fishing
- Tourism
Answer: Aerospace technology
Aerospace technology is a manufactured product. Manufacturing industries make products to sell in Canada and around the world, including paper, high technology equipment, automobiles, machinery, food and clothing. Fishing is a natural resources industry, and tourism and banking are services.
Learn more: Three main types of industries
- The three main types of industries are service, manufacturing and natural resources.
- More than 75% of working Canadians have jobs in service industries.
- Service examples: transportation, education, health care, construction, banking, communications, retail, tourism and government.
- Manufacturing makes products to sell in Canada and around the world.
- Manufacturing examples: paper, high technology equipment, aerospace technology, automobiles, machinery, food and clothing.
- Natural resources industries: forestry, fishing, agriculture, mining and energy.
- Tip: health care and banking are services; mining and fishing are natural resources; cars and aerospace are manufacturing.