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  • 31. The Rural/Urban Divide is Not Changing: Income Disparities Persist Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2002004
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This paper applies a broad set of disparity measures to subprovincial income data in Canada. The data used in this research come from income tax returns from 1992 to 1999, for about 280 census divisions covering the entire country. This approach provides an understanding of the spatial structure of income disparity with a high level of geographical resolution, which also highlights the evolution of the rural/urban divide. Since the period of study is short, the results are particularly relevant in understanding the spatial characteristics of the growth that occurred during the 1990s.

    Release date: 2003-03-31
  • 32. The Gender Balance of Employment in Rural and Small Town Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2002003
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The revitalization of rural areas in Canada remains a priority among policy-makers. Associated with this is an increase in interest in the financial circumstances of females residing in rural areas. Employment is an important indicator of economic circumstance.

    This bulletin analyses rural-urban differences in the patterns of employment of males and females. Gender employment discrepancies that are either enhanced or reduced by rurality are revealed. The following employment indicators are examined: 1. overall employment levels and rates; 2. full-time and part-time employment rates; 3. reasons for undertaking part-time employment; 4. paid and unpaid overtime.

    Release date: 2003-02-14
  • 33. Rural Diversification Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-601-M2002060
    Description:

    This research project provides an overview of diversification and specialization in rural regions and communities for the census years 1981, 1986, 1991 and 1996.

    Release date: 2002-12-04
  • 34. Part-time Employment in Rural Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2002001
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Rural areas have a higher incidence of part-time employment. The average annual rate of part-time job growth in rural Canada was higher between 1987 and 1997 than between 1997 and 1999. The predominantly rural provinces have the highest incidence of part-time employment in their rural areas. The majority of part-time employment growth in rural areas is occurring in mainly urban provinces.

    Release date: 2002-10-07
  • 35. Recent Migration Patterns in Rural and Small Town Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-601-M2002055
    Description:

    This paper examines migration into and out of rural and small town (RST) Canada in order to better understand the contribution that movers have on the RST population. It also examines the moving population aged 15 and over.

    Release date: 2002-09-11
  • 36. Seasonal Variation in Rural Employment Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2001008
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This analysis bulletin, the twenty-fourth profiling trends in rural Canada, uses survey data to reveal the seasonal pattern of employment in rural Canada from 1996 to 2000. It is published in collaboration with the Rural Secretariat of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. A higher seasonal variation in employment exists in rural areas compared with urban areas, and is spread throughout virtually all industrial sectors. The lower industrial productivity and reduced wages that likely result present a particular challenge for developing and revitalizing rural areas. This bulleting is useful for researchers and decision-makers who need information on employment seasonality in rural Canada to create appropriate economic strategies.

    Release date: 2002-04-24
  • 37. Rural Income Disparities in Canada: A Comparison Across the Provinces Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2001007
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    One objective of public policy is to reduce income disparity in Canada. Previous research (e.g. Rupnik, Thompson-James and Bollman (2001)) has indicated that, on average, rural residents have a similar incidence of low income as urban residents. However, there is considerable diversity within rural regions, i.e. the term 'rural' is far from being a homogeneous entity. For example, the rural regions in Ontario are very different from the rural regions in the Prairies due to the differences in population size and access to markets, among other features. Since rural regions across Canada differ economically and socially, it follows that the nature of rural income disparities could also differ across provinces in Canada. The objective of this study is to describe the range in income disparities across rural Canada.

    Release date: 2002-03-20
  • 38. Employment in Rural and Small Town Canada: An Update to 2000 Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2001004
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Information and communication technologies (ICTs) represent both a "problem" and an "opportunity" for rural Canadians. On the one hand, rural employment levels are diminished as more services are supplied to rural Canadians by ICTs - the ubiquitous ATMs (automatic teller machines) are one example. On the other hand, ICTs, and particularly the Internet, provide easier access for rural Canadians to target urban markets and provide urban consumers with easier access to rural goods and services of human capital. In addition, characteristics of migrating youth are discussed as youth can be seen as an indicator of the state of rural areas and are a key factor in rural development. The understanding of the patterns of migration may give rise to solutions for the retention of human capital in rural and small town areas and the promotion of rural development.

    Release date: 2001-12-10
  • 39. Rural and Small Town Employment: Structure by Industry Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-601-M2001050
    Description:

    This paper investigates the changing structure of employment among industrial sectors in rural and small town (RST) Canada between 1987 and 1999.

    Release date: 2001-07-12
  • 40. Employment Structure in Rural and Small Town Canada: The Producer Services Sector Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2001001
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The purpose of this bulletin is to provide an overview of the producer services sector in rural Canada.

    Release date: 2001-07-04
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  • 1. Employment by industry in rural Canada: Interactive dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2021006
    Description:

    This interactive data visualization provides an overview of employment in rural Canada. The dashboard allows users to compare employment in different industries. Data can be visualized for Canada or for a selected province.

    Release date: 2021-04-15
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  • 1. Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin
    Journals and periodicals: 21-006-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description: This series of analytical articles provides insights on the socio-economic environment in rural communities in Canada. New articles will be released periodically.
    Release date: 2023-07-24
  • 2. Portrait of Women by the Relative Remoteness of their Communities, Series 4: Labour Characteristics
    Articles and reports: 45-20-00022023001
    Description: Using data from the 2016 Census of Population and the updated Remoteness Index Classification, this paper focuses on the employment and unemployment rates, full-time employment, representation in industries and occupations, and the employment income of women by the relative remoteness of their communities.
    Release date: 2023-03-20
  • 3. Outlook of rural businesses and impacts related to COVID-19, first quarter of 2021
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202100100015
    Description:

    This article examines some of the effects of COVID-19 on rural businesses in Canada, with comparison to urban counterparts at the provincial and territorial level for contextual support. Topics include revenue changes, business obstacles and challenges, operational status of businesses, and other subjects from the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions, first quarter of 2021.

    Release date: 2021-05-04
  • 4. A Profile of Self-employment in Rural and Small Town Canada: Is There an Impending Retirement of Self-employed Business Operators? Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2012001
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    In rural and small town areas, self-employed individuals generally operate small(er) enterprises. Most are unincorporated but some are incorporated. These small(er) self-employment enterprises typically provide important services in rural and small town areas. Examples range from general stores to hair styling salons to plumbing and electrician enterprises to dentists.This bulletin analyzes the relative importance of each of these self-employment businesses in rural and small town Canada. It examines the age structure of self-employed workers to determine whether there is an impending surge of retirements among the rural self-employed.

    Release date: 2012-07-12
  • 5. Self-contained Labour Areas: A Proposed Delineation and Classification by Degree of Rurality Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2008008
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    One of the most common terms in economic and social reporting is that of "labour market". This concept is normally used with two main connotations, which to some extent overlap. The first emphasizes a set of employment norms, practices and trends that are in some cases specific to certain occupations or industries. The second connotation emphasizes the spatial dimension of the market, as the geographic area in which a multitude of labour activities occur. In this bulletin, our focus is on this second aspect: we identify a set of self-contained labour areas (SLAs), which in broad terms can be described as geographic spaces in which the majority of the residents in the labour force also have their place of work.

    Release date: 2011-12-19
  • 6. Employment Shifts in Natural Resource Sectors: A Focus on Rural Value Chains Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2008007
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This bulletin takes a value chain perspective and assesses the employment shifts between components of the value chain of natural resource sectors within Canada. The analysis also includes a perspective across regions, with an emphasis on Canada's rural and urban regions to help reveal the relevance of the natural resource sector to the rural economy as well as the contribution of the rural economy to national value chains.

    Release date: 2011-10-06
  • 7. Manufacturing Employment in Resource Value Chains : A Rural-urban Comparison from 2001 to 2008 Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2008005
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Employment in manufacturing in Canada has fluctuated over recent decades. The level reached a historically high in 2004 and has been declining since that time.

    In 2008, over one-half (54%) of all Canadian manufacturing workers were employed in the value chain of a resource sector.

    In 2008, resource sector manufacturing employment was relatively more important in rural and small town areas (69% of manufacturing employment and 9% of total employment) compared to larger urban centres (50% of manufacturing employment and 6% of total employment).

    In the 2001 to 2008 period, resource manufacturing employment became a larger share of total manufacturing employment (up from 51% to 54%) because resource manufacturing employment declined less (-6%) compared to the decline of all 'other' manufacturing employment (-18%).

    Also, in the 2001 to 2008 period, resource manufacturing employment become relatively more important in rural and small town areas as the decline (-3%) was smaller in rural and small town areas compared to the decline in larger urban centres (-7%).

    Within rural and small town areas at the Canada level, 9% of total employment in 2008 was resource sector manufacturing employment. This ranged from 14% within the rural and small town areas of Quebec to 2% within the rural and small town areas of Saskatchewan.

    Within rural and small town areas in 2008, employment in wood processing accounted for the largest share of resource sector manufacturing employment (43%).

    Release date: 2010-08-31
  • 8. The Social Economy Across the Rural to Urban Gradient: Evidence from Registered Charities Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-601-M2010092
    Description:

    The objective of this paper is to present a profile of registered charities across the rural to urban gradient.

    Release date: 2010-05-18
  • 9. Cities and Growth: Earnings Levels Across Urban and Rural Areas: The Role of Human Capital Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-622-M2010020
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Using 2001 Census data, this paper investigates the extent to which the urban-rural gap in the earnings of employed workers is associated with human capital composition and agglomeration economies. Both factors have been theoretically and empirically linked to urban-rural earnings differences. Agglomeration economies-the productivity enhancing effects of the geographic concentration of workers and firms-may underlie these differences as they may be stronger in larger urban centres. But human capital composition may also drive the urban-rural earnings gap if workers with higher levels of education and/or experience are more prevalent in cities. The analysis finds that up to one-half of urban-rural earnings differences are related to human capital composition. It also demonstrates that agglomeration economies related to city size are associated with earnings levels, but their influence is significantly reduced by the inclusion of controls for human capital.

    Release date: 2010-01-25
  • 10. Rural Commuting: Its Relevance to Rural and Urban Labour Markets Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2007006
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This bulletin presents baseline data on the pattern and size of rural commuting flows in 2001 and provides a better understanding of how rural communities are affected by both urban-bound commuters and rural-bound commuters. It also shows that Canada's Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations (larger urban centres), which are delineated on the basis of commuting flows, essentially constitute self-contained labour markets.

    Release date: 2008-09-17
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