For example, business investments in Ontario increased 70 per cent between 1983 and 1991. During the eighties and into the nineties, Ontario consumers bought houses, cars, and durable goods. Their confidence came, in part, from the creation of 882,000 new jobs between 1983 and 1994. Scientific farming begins Other players in Ontario's economy Manufacturing Ontario is Canada's leading manufacturing province. It produces 52 per cent of Canada's manufactured goods and 80 per cent of its manufactured exports.
Manufacturing employs about one-fifth of the total work force.
Industry benefits from Ontario's low energy costs among the lowest in the world. Ontario Hydro , one of the world's largest electrical utilities, supplies power from more than 80 generating stations across the province. Ontario also has an excellent network of road, air, and rail facilities. The major manufacturing industries in Ontario are transportation equipment , resource-based manufacturing , and electronics and electrical products . Transportation equipment includes automobiles and auto parts.