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In an oligopolistic market of a primary industry, such as agriculture or mining, commodities produced by oligopolistic enterprises will have strong homogeneity; as such, such markets are described as perfect oligopolies. [11] Imperfect (or 'differentiated') oligopolies, on the other hand, involve firms producing commodities which are heterogenous.
When looking at oligopolies, the problem of interdependence arises. Interdependence means that the firms will when setting their prices, consider the effect this price will have on the actions of both consumers and competitors.
This is a list of current and former company towns in Canada. True company towns are those "closed communities owned and administered by the industrial employer". [ 1 ] Other rural communities which did not function strictly in this way but were still dominated by a single industry may also be called company towns and are featured in this list.
The best example is the automotive sector, one of Canada's most important industries. It is dominated by American, German, and Japanese automotive giants. Although this situation is not unique to Canada in the global context, it is unique among G8 nations, and many other relatively small nations also have national automotive companies.
Petroleum production in Canada is a major industry which is important to the overall economy of North America. Canada has the third largest oil reserves in the world and is the world's fourth largest oil producer and fourth largest oil exporter. In 2019 it produced an average of 750,000 cubic metres per day (4.7 Mbbl/d) of crude oil and equivalent.
While Canada's ten provinces and three territories exhibit high per capita GDPs, there is wide variation among them. Ontario, the country's most populous province, is a major manufacturing and trade hub with extensive linkages to the northeastern and midwestern United States.
Canada is the United States' largest oil supplier and the fifth-largest energy producing country in the world. Canada provides about 16% of U.S. oil imports and 14% of total U.S. consumption of natural gas. The United States and Canada's national electricity grids are linked, and both countries share hydropower facilities on the western borders.
The survey was done across 135 schools in Canada. [14] This data was used to develop a school matching quiz, MatchU, where students are matched to schools based on their personality type and school preferences. [15] In February 2017, University Magazine, based in Windsor and Edmonton, started publishing its list of Top 10 universities in Canada ...