Manufacturing in Saskatchewan

From britannica.com

In terms of employment, manufacturing has always played a relatively minor role in the provincial economy. Several factors have limited the growth of manufacturing : transport and tariff policies that favored Canada’s industrial core in southern Ontario and Quebec, insufficient basic infrastructure, and local markets that were too small to sustain a large manufacturing sector. Nevertheless, the sector has been expanding, and many manufactured goods are exported. Prominent industries include those that add value to provincial resources (e.g., heavy-oil up graders and canola-crushing plants). Other manufacturers produce intermediate goods, such as chemicals and machinery, for the resource sector. Food processing is among the more important consumer industries. Most manufacturing takes place in small or medium-sized plants, the majority of which are located in the larger cities.