Provincial showdown
Process

1. Choose the province or territory that your team will represent. Determine what kinds of information would assist your team in making the best possible selection. To help you begin your search, we've provided some direct links to the Summary tables on the Statistics Canada website.

   You should consider the following areas:

   1. Economic conditions
      • Bankruptcies, by industry, by province and territory
      • Gross Domestic Product, expenditure-based, by province and territory
      • Housing starts, by province
      • Median total income, by family type, by province and territory
      • Provincial and territorial general government revenue and expenditures
      • Retail trade, by province and territory (annually)
      • Retail trade, by province and territory (monthly)
   2. Population and labour
      • Components of population growth
      • Employment by major industry groups, by province
      • Labour force, employed and unemployed, by province
      • Labour force characteristics, population 15 years and older, by census metropolitan area
      • Labour force characteristics, population 15 years and older, by economic region
      • Population by sex and age group, by province and territory
   3. Education
      • Population 15 years and over by highest certificate, diploma or degree, by age groups (2006 Census)
      • Population 15 years and over by highest degree, certificate or diploma, by province and territory (2006 Census)
      • School board revenue and expenditures, by province and territory
      • Undergraduate tuition fees for full-time students, by province
   4. Crime and justice
      • Cases in adult criminal court by type of sentence, by province and territory
      • Court, youth cases by decision, by province and territory
      • Police officers, by province and territory

   See also the overviews from the most recent Canada Year Book on these areas.

   You will find the following general information links helpful to expand your information search:

   • Community Profiles place name search
   • The official websites of the provinces and territories are another source of information and data. You can find a link to these on the Provincial showdown home page. Just press on the flag of the province or territory you want to research.

   You can also search for information under the following headings:

   • property tax rates
   • supply of electricity
   • export
   • national parks
   • recreation facilities
   • health/medical service
2. Determine how to organize this information in the most logical way.
3. Establish a project management schedule for your group.
4. Establish the criteria that you will use to decide the value of the sources you find.
5. Survey as wide a variety of sources as possible.
6. Keep a research log in which you record all sources found. Remember to carefully record the sources of ideas as you must acknowledge these in your final product.
7. Select and create appropriate visuals, animations, sound clips, videos and simulations to include in your final presentation.

Student task