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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: 2026-01-14
  • 2. Annual demographic estimates, rural and small town and functional urban areas: Interactive dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2021030
    Description: This interactive dashboard can be used to visualize the factors of population growth and how they have changed over time for rural and urban areas. The dashboard shows population, population growth, factors of population growth (natural increase, international migration, interprovincial migration, intraprovincial migration), and the proportion of the population by age group. Users can view the data by province or territory, as well as by year, age group, and rural or urban area.
    Release date: 2026-01-14
  • 3. Employment Insurance Beneficiaries in Rural and Small Town Canada: Interactive Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024011
    Description: This dashboard is designed for users to explore current and historical counts of employment insurance beneficiaries by geography, age group, sex, and beneficiary details. This web-based application undergoes monthly updates.
    Release date: 2025-12-23
  • 4. Rural Canada Business Profiles Metadata and User Guide, 2023
    Table: 45-20-00042025003
    Description: The Rural Canada Business Profiles database provides financial profiles for small and medium-sized businesses in Canada with total annual revenues of $30,000 to $5,000,000 and $5,000,001 to $20,000,000 respectively. These data are available by geography (Canada, regions, province or territory), industry, legal status (incorporated, unincorporated or all businesses) and location (rural and small town area or functional urban area). Data are available from the 2017 to 2023 reference period.
    Release date: 2025-12-12
  • 5. Rural Canada Business Profiles: Interactive Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024001
    Description: This dashboard shows the selected data from the Rural Canada Business Profile (RCBP) database that is produced based on the business tax returns filed with the Canada Revenue Agency. A reference year for the RCBP database runs from January 1 to December 31. The main variables in this RCBP dashboard are business counts, revenue, expenses, and balance sheets items. Data are organized by geography, by location, by industry code, and by industry incorporation status. The RCBP database defines rural and small town (RST) areas as communities outside census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations.
    Release date: 2025-12-12
  • 6. Small businesses in rural and small town Canada, 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025059
    Description: This infographic from the Rural Data Lab of Statistics Canada presents a visual overview of key highlights and statistical findings from the 2023 Rural Canada Business Profiles database. The database provides financial profiles for small and medium-sized businesses in Canada with total annual revenues of $30,000 to $5,000,000 and $5,000,001 to $20,000,000, respectively. The infographic provides observations focused on small businesses in rural and small town Canada.
    Release date: 2025-12-12
  • 7. Rural Statistics in Canada
    Table: 45-20-0004
    Description: The publication features products and data highlights that focus on rural areas of Canada or that have a rural dimension present. Rural areas are typically areas outside of Canada's Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA) and Census Agglomerations (CA). The publication also includes explanatory notes on key concepts and definitions.
    Release date: 2025-12-12
  • 8. Business Conditions in Rural and Small Town Canada: Interactive Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024009
    Description: This dashboard features data from the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions. It is designed for users to explore the obstacles, expectations, and future outlook of businesses in rural and small town areas. This web-based application undergoes quarterly updates.
    Release date: 2025-12-09
  • 9. Rural Canada Trade Profiles Metadata and User Guide, 2024
    Table: 45-20-00042025002
    Description: The Rural Canada Trade Profiles (RCTP) is a database that provides the number of goods-exporting and goods-importing establishments and trade values. The data are derived from the Statistics Canada Trade by Exporter Characteristics (TEC) - Goods and Trade by Importer Characteristics (TIC) - Goods programs. The RCTP database comprises data tables reporting on export and import activities and characteristics organized by location indicator (rural and small town area and functional urban area). Geographic levels include Canada, province and territories (grouped).
    Release date: 2025-09-19
  • 10. Trade in Rural and Small Town Canada: Interactive Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024010
    Description: This dashboard is designed for users to explore data on the number of importing and exporting establishments and the value of imports and exports in goods by geography (Canada, province or territories [grouped]), location indicator (rural and small town area or functional urban area) and industry. This web-based application undergoes annual updates.
    Release date: 2025-09-19
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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: 2026-01-14
  • 2. Annual demographic estimates, rural and small town and functional urban areas: Interactive dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2021030
    Description: This interactive dashboard can be used to visualize the factors of population growth and how they have changed over time for rural and urban areas. The dashboard shows population, population growth, factors of population growth (natural increase, international migration, interprovincial migration, intraprovincial migration), and the proportion of the population by age group. Users can view the data by province or territory, as well as by year, age group, and rural or urban area.
    Release date: 2026-01-14
  • 3. Employment Insurance Beneficiaries in Rural and Small Town Canada: Interactive Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024011
    Description: This dashboard is designed for users to explore current and historical counts of employment insurance beneficiaries by geography, age group, sex, and beneficiary details. This web-based application undergoes monthly updates.
    Release date: 2025-12-23
  • 4. Rural Canada Business Profiles Metadata and User Guide, 2023
    Table: 45-20-00042025003
    Description: The Rural Canada Business Profiles database provides financial profiles for small and medium-sized businesses in Canada with total annual revenues of $30,000 to $5,000,000 and $5,000,001 to $20,000,000 respectively. These data are available by geography (Canada, regions, province or territory), industry, legal status (incorporated, unincorporated or all businesses) and location (rural and small town area or functional urban area). Data are available from the 2017 to 2023 reference period.
    Release date: 2025-12-12
  • 5. Rural Canada Business Profiles: Interactive Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024001
    Description: This dashboard shows the selected data from the Rural Canada Business Profile (RCBP) database that is produced based on the business tax returns filed with the Canada Revenue Agency. A reference year for the RCBP database runs from January 1 to December 31. The main variables in this RCBP dashboard are business counts, revenue, expenses, and balance sheets items. Data are organized by geography, by location, by industry code, and by industry incorporation status. The RCBP database defines rural and small town (RST) areas as communities outside census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations.
    Release date: 2025-12-12
  • 6. Rural Statistics in Canada
    Table: 45-20-0004
    Description: The publication features products and data highlights that focus on rural areas of Canada or that have a rural dimension present. Rural areas are typically areas outside of Canada's Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA) and Census Agglomerations (CA). The publication also includes explanatory notes on key concepts and definitions.
    Release date: 2025-12-12
  • 7. Business Conditions in Rural and Small Town Canada: Interactive Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024009
    Description: This dashboard features data from the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions. It is designed for users to explore the obstacles, expectations, and future outlook of businesses in rural and small town areas. This web-based application undergoes quarterly updates.
    Release date: 2025-12-09
  • 8. Rural Canada Trade Profiles Metadata and User Guide, 2024
    Table: 45-20-00042025002
    Description: The Rural Canada Trade Profiles (RCTP) is a database that provides the number of goods-exporting and goods-importing establishments and trade values. The data are derived from the Statistics Canada Trade by Exporter Characteristics (TEC) - Goods and Trade by Importer Characteristics (TIC) - Goods programs. The RCTP database comprises data tables reporting on export and import activities and characteristics organized by location indicator (rural and small town area and functional urban area). Geographic levels include Canada, province and territories (grouped).
    Release date: 2025-09-19
  • 9. Trade in Rural and Small Town Canada: Interactive Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024010
    Description: This dashboard is designed for users to explore data on the number of importing and exporting establishments and the value of imports and exports in goods by geography (Canada, province or territories [grouped]), location indicator (rural and small town area or functional urban area) and industry. This web-based application undergoes annual updates.
    Release date: 2025-09-19
  • 10. Rural Canada Trade Profiles, export of goods, number of exporting establishments and trade value, by industry and location indicator
    Table: 12-10-0180-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: This table includes number of exporting establishments of goods and the value goods exports by industry and location indicator (rural and small town area or functional urban area).
    Release date: 2025-09-19
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Analysis (138) (0 to 10 of 138 results)

  • 1. Small businesses in rural and small town Canada, 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025059
    Description: This infographic from the Rural Data Lab of Statistics Canada presents a visual overview of key highlights and statistical findings from the 2023 Rural Canada Business Profiles database. The database provides financial profiles for small and medium-sized businesses in Canada with total annual revenues of $30,000 to $5,000,000 and $5,000,001 to $20,000,000, respectively. The infographic provides observations focused on small businesses in rural and small town Canada.
    Release date: 2025-12-12
  • 2. Rural and Small Town Canada, 2023 to 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025039
    Description: This infographic from the Rural Data Lab of Statistics Canada presents a visual overview of notable trends and statistical findings from select Rural and Small Town Canada data visualization tools. These tools feature recent data on topics such as population, housing, business, and access to services. The infographic highlights key observations focused on rural and small town areas.
    Release date: 2025-06-18
  • 3. Police-reported crime in rural areas of the Canadian provinces, 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025032
    Description: Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, incidents, victims, and accused persons are explored, with differences between rural and urban areas highlighted. In addition, variation between rural areas is also examined, with comparisons made between provinces, and between northern and southern regions within the provinces.
    Release date: 2025-04-29
  • 4. The outlook of rural businesses, first quarter of 2025
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2025003
    Description: This article examines the business conditions and expectations of rural and small town businesses in Canada, with comparison to urban counterparts by industry for contextual support. Topics include business obstacles, expectations for the next year, workforce changes and other subjects from the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions, first quarter of 2025.
    Release date: 2025-03-24
  • 5. 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: 2025-03-24
  • 6. Beyond urban and rural: Rethinking the social geography of Canada
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202500200003
    Description: Using smaller-level geographic classifications and well-being data from various waves of the Canadian Social Survey, this study aims to develop a more meaningful classification system beyond the traditional ‘urban-rural’ split which is often applied to Canadian geography. More specifically, this study takes a more nuanced look at the traditional urban-rural split by disaggregating at lower levels of geography in order to better understand geographical differences for select Quality of Life indicators, namely life satisfaction and sense of belonging to local community.
    Release date: 2025-01-29
  • 7. The outlook of rural businesses, fourth quarter of 2024
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2025001
    Description: This article examines the business conditions and expectations of rural and small town businesses in Canada, with comparison to urban counterparts by industry for contextual support. Topics include business obstacles, expectations for the next year, workforce changes and other subjects from the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions, fourth quarter of 2024.
    Release date: 2025-01-13
  • 8. Study: Enhancing data for rural Canada: Small area estimation of remote work opportunities
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202411338008
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-04-22
  • 9. Enhancing data for rural Canada: Small area estimation of remote work opportunities
    Articles and reports: 18-001-X2024001
    Description: This study applies small area estimation (SAE) and a new geographic concept called Self-contained Labor Area (SLA) to the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions (CSBC) with a focus on remote work opportunities in rural labor markets. Through SAE modelling, we estimate the proportions of businesses, classified by general industrial sector (service providers and goods producers), that would primarily offer remote work opportunities to their workforce.
    Release date: 2024-04-22
  • 10. VISTA on the Agri-food Industry and the Farm Community
    Journals and periodicals: 21-004-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Each issue contains a short article highlighting statistical insights on themes relating to agriculture, food and rural issues.

    Release date: 2023-11-30
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  • 1. Rural Canada Non-Profits Metadata and User Guide, 2020 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 45-20-00042023002
    Description: Rural Canada Non-Profits (RCNP) is a database that provides estimates of Non-Profit Organization (NPO) counts, total revenue and total employment in Canada. This document presents the data sources, methods and classification concepts used in the production of the RCNP.
    Release date: 2023-03-03
  • 2. Living with the Farm Next Door Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 96-328-M2004005
    Description:

    This activity looks at the competing interests and potential for conflict between very large livestock farms and their rural neighbours.

    Release date: 2004-06-09
  • 3. Definitions of 'Rural' Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 21-601-M2002061
    Description: This paper compares six definitions of the word 'rural' from databases at Statistics Canada. Each definition emphasizes different criteria (population size, density, context) and has different associated thresholds. The size of the territorial units (building blocks) from which each definition is constructed also varies.
    Release date: 2002-12-23
  • 4. Definitions of Rural Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 21-006-X2001003
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The purpose of this bulletin is to review various responses to "Why are you asking about rural populations?"; to summarize and compare alternative definitions that have been used to delineate the "rural" population within the databases at Statistics Canada; and to offer alternative definitions of "rural" that would be appropriate to each reason for asking about the rural population.

    Release date: 2001-11-19

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