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TOOLS FOR EDUCATORS: Guiding Student Career Exploration
in Canada’s Multi-Faceted & Ever-Expanding
Agricultural Industry
CANADA’S AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY
• Large & Booming Industry
• Multi-Faceted
• Ever-Expanding
CANADA’S AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY
Large & Booming Industry
• Industry Feeds Canada & World • Fifth largest exporter of ag products
• World’s largest producer of many items:
flax, canola, pulses, wheat
• Main Contributor to Canada’s Economy • $100 Billion, 8% GDP
• Provides Excellent Jobs for Canadians • employs 1 in 8, 2.1M Canadians
CANADA’S AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY
Multi-Faceted Industry
• Primary Agriculture
• Food & Beverage Processing
• Suppliers
• Distribution
• Retail & Wholesale
CANADA’S AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY
Ever-Expanding Industry
• Science
• Innovation
• Growth
Ornamental horticulture represents 40%
of all horticulture
CANADA’S ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY
$6.98 billion output and $7.5 billion in value added impact
CANADA’S ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY
Full-time equivalent jobs
It is estimated that for every two jobs in the sector, another job is generated in the economy.
$3.8 billion in employment income
CANADA’S ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY
Landscape Horticulture is a
Red Seal trade
Baby boomers
KEY TRENDS IN ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE
Housing trends
Innovation
Environmental opportunities
www.cnla-acpp.ca/careers
GUIDING STUDENT CAREER EXPLORATION
An Interactive On-line Tool To Access Information About All Agricultural
Career Options
CANADIAN AGRICULTURAL HR COUNCIL
GUIDING STUDENT CAREER EXPLORATION
GUIDING STUDENT CAREER EXPLORATION
GUIDING STUDENT CAREER EXPLORATION
An Interactive On-line Tool To Access Information About All Agricultural
Training Options
CANADIAN AGRICULTURAL HR COUNCIL
GUIDING STUDENT CAREER EXPLORATION
GUIDING STUDENT CAREER EXPLORATION
CANADIAN AGRICULTURAL HR COUNCIL
www.cahrc-ccrha.ca