The Economic Impact of the Wine & Grape Industry The wine industry of Nova Scotia is a growing contributor to the economy of Nova Scotia. The industry is adding value to agricultural land, supporting growth of new framers through grape growing and is adding much needed jobs to rural areas of the province. The industry is literally "growing Nova Scotia, one vine at a time"

To find out more about the direct impact of the wine and grape industry, this activity will have you explore the report "The Economic Impact of the Wine & Grape Industry in Canada 2019" and ask you to critically think about the findings of the report. Your task for this activity is to use the pages indicated of the report plus the Wines of NS Media Kit to answer the questions below, some of the answers will come directly from the resources and some of the questions will ask you to reflect and critically think about the information that you just found!

The Economic Impact report can be either found on our Brightspace page or by clicking the link below

PLEASE DO NOT USE THE GPT AT ALL

1. How many wineries are in Canada?

2. How many grape wineries are in Nova Scotia?

3. How many grape growers do we have in Canada?

4. How many grape growers do we have in Nova Scotia?

5. How many acres of vineyards are under production in NS compared to grape bearing acres in Canada?

Reflect & Think Critically 6. What do these numbers tell you about the relationship between grape grower and wineries?

Find & Seek 7. What is the full economic impact of the wine & allied industries in Nova Scotia?

8. What is the total wine grapes and wine economic impact for Canada? 9. In 2019 how many jobs in Canada were generated from the wine industry? 10. How many jobs were in NS were supported by the grape growers and wineries? 11. What province as of 2019 had the largest production of wine grapes and wine products?

12. How much business revenue is generated from a bottle of Canadian Wine? 13. In Canada how much revenue was generated from wine related tourism? 14. In Nova scotia how much revenue was generated in tourism dollars in 2019 by the Nova Scotia Wine Industry? 15. How many visitors were attracted to the NS Wine Industry? 16. We have 100% Canadian wine and IDB wines. What does the abbreviation "IDB" stand for and how is it defined by the report?