Table A.17
Percent distribution of employment with each type of region, Canada, 1991 and 2001

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Table A.17
Percent distribution of employment with each type of region, Canada, 1991 and 2001
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of percent distribution of employment with each type of region. This information is grouped by predominantly urban regions, intermediate regions, predominantly rural regions (all predominantly rural regions, rural metro-adjacent regions, rural non-metro-adjacent regions, rural northern regions), all regions(appearing as column headers), calculated using percent distribution within each geographic group (column percent) as a unit of measure.
  Predominantly urban regions Intermediate regions Predominantly rural regions All regions
All predominantly rural regions Rural metro-adjacent regions Rural non-metro-adjacent regions Rural northern regions
percent distribution within each geographic group (column percent)
Agriculture: primary  
1991 0.9 2.8 8.2 8.7 8.9 1.1 3.4
2001 0.7 2.2 6.4 6.5 7.2 0.8 2.6
percentage point change in share -0.2 -0.6 -1.8 -2.2 -1.7 -0.3 -0.8
Agriculture: service to primary  
1991 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.3
2001 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.4
percentage point change in share 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Agriculture: wholesale  
1991 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.3
2001 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.3
percentage point change in share 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1
Agriculture: processing  
1991 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.4 0.3 1.6
2001 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.3 0.2 1.4
percentage point change in share -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2
Agriculture: total value chain  
1991 2.9 5.1 10.6 11.4 11.1 1.6 5.6
2001 2.4 4.4 9.0 9.5 9.7 1.2 4.7
percentage point change in share -0.5 -0.7 -1.6 -1.9 -1.4 -0.4 -0.9
Fishing: primary  
1991 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.4 1.3 1.5 0.3
2001 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.3 1.4 1.2 0.3
percentage point change in share 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.3 0.0
Fishing: service to primary  
1991 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
2001 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
percentage point change in share 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fishing: wholesale  
1991 … … … … … … …
2001 … … … … … … …
percentage point change in share … … … … … … …
Fishing: processing  
1991 0.1 0.3 1.1 0.4 1.7 1.6 0.4
2001 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.3 1.1 1.0 0.3
percentage point change in share 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1 -0.6 -0.7 -0.2
Fishing: total value chain  
1991 0.1 0.4 2.0 0.8 3.1 3.2 0.7
2001 0.1 0.3 1.6 0.7 2.6 2.3 0.6
percentage point change in share 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.2 -0.5 -1.0 -0.2
Forestry: primary  
1991 0.1 0.2 1.4 0.7 2.0 2.6 0.5
2001 0.0 0.2 1.3 0.6 1.9 2.6 0.4
percentage point change in share 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Forestry: service to primary  
1991 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.8 1.1 0.3
2001 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.7 1.1 0.2
percentage point change in share -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Forestry: wholesale  
1991 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5
2001 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.8
percentage point change in share 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
Forestry: processing  
1991 0.9 1.6 3.5 2.5 4.2 5.7 1.8
2001 0.9 1.6 3.5 2.5 4.3 5.8 1.8
percentage point change in share 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Forestry: total value chain  
1991 1.6 2.5 6.0 4.1 7.5 9.8 3.1
2001 1.8 2.7 6.0 4.2 7.6 10.0 3.2
percentage point change in share 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1
Mining: primary  
1991 0.1 0.7 1.3 0.5 1.5 6.2 0.6
2001 0.1 0.4 0.8 0.3 1.0 4.2 0.4
percentage point change in share 0.0 -0.3 -0.5 -0.1 -0.5 -2.0 -0.2
Mining: service to primary  
1991 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1
2001 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.1
percentage point change in share 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mining: wholesale  
1991 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
2001 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
percentage point change in share 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mining: processing  
1991 2.3 3.2 1.8 2.1 1.4 1.4 2.3
2001 2.1 3.0 1.8 2.2 1.4 1.1 2.2
percentage point change in share -0.3 -0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.3 -0.1
Mining: total value chain  
1991 2.6 4.1 3.3 2.8 3.1 8.1 3.1
2001 2.3 3.7 2.8 2.7 2.6 5.8 2.7
percentage point change in share -0.3 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 -0.4 -2.4 -0.4
Energy: primary  
1991 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.4 0.8 2.5 0.5
2001 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.6 2.2 0.4
percentage point change in share -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1
Energy: service to primary  
1991 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2
2001 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.3
percentage point change in share 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.1
Energy: wholesale  
1991 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4
2001 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3
percentage point change in share -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1
Energy: processing  
1991 0.7 1.2 1.0 0.8 1.1 1.2 0.9
2001 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.7
percentage point change in share -0.2 -0.3 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2
Energy: total value chain  
1991 1.8 1.7 2.5 2.1 2.8 4.4 2.0
2001 1.4 1.3 2.4 1.9 2.7 3.9 1.6
percentage point change in share -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.5 -0.3
All natural resource sectors: primary  
1991 1.6 4.0 12.5 10.6 14.4 13.8 5.3
2001 1.1 3.0 9.9 8.1 12.1 10.9 4.1
percentage point change in share -0.5 -0.9 -2.5 -2.5 -2.3 -3.0 -1.2
All natural resource sectors: service to primary  
1991 0.6 0.7 1.7 1.4 1.9 2.2 0.9
2001 0.5 0.8 2.0 1.7 2.3 2.2 1.0
percentage point change in share 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.1
All natural resource sectors: wholesale  
1991 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 0.9 1.3
2001 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.6 0.9 1.5
percentage point change in share 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.2
All natural resource sectors: processing  
1991 5.7 7.9 8.8 7.6 9.9 10.2 7.0
2001 4.9 7.1 8.2 7.4 9.1 9.0 6.3
percentage point change in share -0.8 -0.8 -0.6 -0.2 -0.8 -1.2 -0.7
All natural resource sectors: total value chain  
1991 9.1 13.8 24.3 21.2 27.5 27.2 14.5
2001 8.0 12.5 21.8 18.9 25.1 23.1 12.9
percentage point change in share -1.2 -1.3 -2.6 -2.3 -2.4 -4.1 -1.7
All sectors: total employment  
1991 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
2001 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
percentage point change in share 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Source: Statistics Canada. Census of Population, 1991 and 2001.
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