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Thompson/Okanagan

•Wineries

Wineries are one of the biggest industries in the Okanagan, they are known well for their great wines. For example there is over 150 wineries throughout the Okanagan like Black Hills Estate Winery or the Golden Mile Cellars which is located on 13140 316A, Road 13 Oliver, BC, V0H 1T0. Black hills is located on RR #1, Site 52, Comp 22 Oliver, BC, V0H 1T0. Those are just two of the many great wineries in Kelowna.

•Fruit Industries

BC's interior tree fruit industry represents 809 growers and a big chunk of those come from the Okanagan.

According to Agriculture In B.C there are 2,836 fruit farms with an annual revenue over $2,500.

•Dairy

Dairy industries in the Okanagon aren’t very popular like there wineries or their fruit farms. But that doesn’t stop them from making their dairy products. According to Agriculture In B.C there is 1,184 dairy farms that have an annual revenue over $2.500.

•Wheat and Veggies

Wheat and vegetable industries in Okanagan B.C are two of the lowest money making industries, this is probably because they have a very little amount of farms. There are 119 wheat farms and 595 vegetable farms.

•Thompson Okanagan Climate

Average maximum temperature (summer): 28C˚/84F˚ Average minimum temperature (winter): -8.8C˚/16F˚ Average Snowfall: 139.8cm/55in in the valleys, and 644cm/253.5in in the mountains

•Geographical Landscape

The Thompson Okanagan is a large valley with a few mountains and many lakes: Swan, Okanagan, kalamalka, Wood, Duck, Skaha, Vaseux, and Osoyoos. It is very dry and desert like.

http://www.hellobc.com/en-CA/RegionalGeography/ThompsonOkanagan.htm

•Market Supply and Demand

The valley is great for creating orchards because of the warm climate. Grapes are grown in this region to supply the demand of wine. It is also a great tourist site because there are activities to do year round.

http://www.okanaganwines.ca/

•Population

Okanagan Valley has a Population of about 297,000 people. The average age of the population is slowly increasing. The average age of the people in the Okanagan Valley is 41.1. Slightly higher than BC’s average that is 39.1. The reason they have a slightly higher average age is most of the young adults move away for educational purposes. The average number of children per couple is 1.3. This Region has about 8% of BC’s population. Okanagan Valley is roughly made up of 51% female and 49% of male. The population density is about 50.9 people per square kilometer. The major regions are Kelowna, North Okanagan, Vernon, Penticton, Osoyoos and Peachland. The Okanagan Valley has a wide variety economy which varies in way of income for individuals.

•Globalization

3 major companies in the Okanagan are the Okanagan mountain helicopter school, bell the phone industry, and the Okanagan lodging company. A couple ways on why the helicopter school would be important is because it attracts students and it could also be bought and expanded throughout the world. Another major company is bell, which is already very big but also assonated with other companies as well. The last company The Okanagan Lodging Company is important because it attracts people their.

•NAFTA(North American Free Trade Agreement)

Some ways that the Okanagan benefits from this is for example Bell, Bell brings in a lot of money for the Okanagan and is associated with other companies, this helps the Okanagan because their product can be traded world wide and this makes a lot more money, plus it also helps the Okanagan to get more attention.

Location
•The lower mainland is made up of two regional districts: the greater Vancouver district and the Fraser valley district. The cities that make up the lower main land are:

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•      Abbotsford •	Matsqui •	Clearbrook •	Chilliwack •	Greendale •	Sardis •	Cultus Lake •	Slesse Park •	Popkum •	Bridal Falls •	Yarrow •	Rosedale •	Deroche •	Kent •	Agassiz •	Mission •	Ruskin •	Dewdney •	Chehalis •	Harrison Hot Springs •	Hope •	Anmore •	Cloverdale •	Whalley •	Fort Langley •	Whonnock •	Hatzic •	Aldergrove •	Maillardville •	Stave Falls •	Silverdale •	Haney •	Kanaka Creek •	Albion •	Silverhill •	Webster's Corners •	Yennadon •	Steelhead •	Durieu •	Ferndale •	Bradner •	Mount Lehman •	Deroche •	McConnell Creek •	Nicomen Island •	Harrison Mills •	Port Hammond (Hammond) •	Belcarra •	Burnaby •	Coquitlam •	Delta •	Langley City •	Langley District •	Fort Langley •	Maple Ridge •	New Westminster •	North Vancouver City •	North Vancouver District •	Pitt Meadows •	Port Coquitlam •	Port Moody •	Richmond •	Surrey •	Vancouver •	West Vancouver •	White Rock •	Huntingdon •	Clayburn •	Kinnaird •	Flood •	Laidlaw •	Ruby Creek

Resource base/Agricultural base
Agriculture: even though BC’s agriculture is very small compared to the rest of the economy in the lower mainland it is also very important because there is enough of it to provide. Although BC's agriculture industry is small compared to the rest of the economy, it is an important industry in many areas of the province. BC farmers supply many of the inputs used by the province's food processing industry.

Fishing, hunting and trapping This helped shape the view of BC as province that is highly dependent on fishing, hunting and trapping. There's no doubt that these activities played a big role in the early development of the economy. They're still important sources of employment and income in many coastal communities. Canning and fish processing are among the main activities of BC's food processing industry. However, fishing, hunting and trapping is no longer a primary driver in BC's economy. Only 2,100 people worked in this industry in 2005.

NAFTA (North Americen Free Trade agreement)
NAFTA is an agreement of trade between Mexico, the U.S and Canada where it opens up free trade for all three countries that allows them to ship goods from each country. but the NAFTA free trade agreement has a price. it opens up the gap between the countrys makeing them compete against eachother makeing the economy degrade. the NAFTA was signed on January 1994 forming the largest tradeing area. to this very day NAFTA is being debated over by America because of the workers fired because of the Free trade Agreement. in NAFTA free trade, the goods that are exported are not taxed or fee'd. the prices of the goods shipped are priced upon transaction value, regional value and value of non originateing goods. Software Companies such as Sony, Windows, Dell and other's approve the Free Trade Agreement seeing as the agreement breaks the trade barriers between the three countrys meaning there products will be sold to different countrys. the VISA card company approves NAFTA seeing as it brings in more goods to use to buy with there cards.

Market Supply and Demand
Demand is the quantity of goods that are disired by the buyers, Supply is what the seller can offer to the buyer.

The Law of Supply and Demand

The Law of Demand is if the price on goods are high there will be less people buying the products and if the prices are lower there will be a demand on the products. the Law of Supply is that lower prices mean more products must be supplied. when supply and demand are equal to eachother there is a equalibrium [pronounced E-kwal-ibri-um] which means that every Buyer will be satisfied with the products and goods and thus helping the economy

Climate
The average annual temperature of the lower mainland is around 9 degrees. In the summer, it is around 15 degrees and in the winter, around 3.5 degrees. Annual rainfall is around 850 mm in the west, and in the eastern end of the Fraser Valley and higher elevations, it is around 2000 mm. Not a lot of snow falls on average. Less than 10 percent at sea level. But at higher elevations the amount increases.

Natural Resources in the Area
The lower mainland has some of the most fertile land in British Columbia. Most of the land is in the Fraser Valley, where it also competes with urban settlement. There is forestry on the sides/slopes of the mountains, and there is about 870 square km of productive farmland in the area. Coastal salt marshes provide an important wildlife habitat in the Fraser delta and Boundary Bay.

Population
The Lower Mainland has a great population and has 18 great cities. The region has well over 2,524,113 people, 274,388 live in the Fraser Valley Regional District and 2, 249,725 live in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. The Lower Mainland has popular cities which attract lots of people. The population is increasing very quickly because many people come here for business or tourism. The Lower and 2, 249,725 live in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. The Lower Mainland has popular cities which attract lots of people. The population is increasing very quickly because many people come here for business or tourism. The Lower Mainland is a very popular region for tourism.

Branch Plants
Branch Plants means a factory owned by a company based in another country. Canada started to develop a branch- plant economy. This term describes the United States companies making factories in Canada only to sell products in the Canadian Market. The branch plants were under the American rule. More branch- plants were set up in Canada and as a result Canada became well developed. More Americans started coming into Canada and were begging to dominate the national economy. Many Canadians were worried about the long term outcomes of a branch plant economy and some were worried about less research and development in Canada.