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Employment structure in rural and small town Canada: An overview
This analysis bulletin, the fourteenth in a series profiling trends in rural Canada, uses census data to show the structure and change in employment in rural areas between 1981 and 1996. It is published in collaboration with the Rural Secretariat of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
This bulletin is useful for researchers and decision-makers who need information on the structure of employment among industrial sectors in rural Canada to create appropriate strategies for rural development.
In 1996, predominantly rural regions provided employment for 29% of Canadians, a share that has been virtually constant since 1981. The services sector accounted for 65% of all jobs in rural and small town Canada, ranking as one of the top two sectors in each province. It was followed closely by manufacturing. The lack of access to a metropolitan centre appears to constrain employment growth. Only rural regions adjacent to a major metropolitan centre reported employment growth above the Canadian average in each five-year period between 1981 and 1996.
Employment structure in rural and small town Canada: An overview, Vol. 2, no. 6 (21-006-XIE, free) is now available on Statistics Canada's Web site (www.statcan.ca). On the Products and Services page, choose Free Publications, then Agriculture.
To order data, or for general information, call 1-800-465-1991. For more information, contact Roland Beshiri (613-951-6506; fax: 613-951-3868; roland.beshiri@statcan.gc.ca) or Ray Bollman (613-951-3747; fax: 613-951-3868; ray.bollman@statcan.gc.ca), Agriculture Division.
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