Appendix Table A 
Rural and urban firms with payroll employees in the primary sector, Canada, 2007

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  Size of firm1
1 to 4 5 to 49 50 to 199 200 or more All firms
number of firms
All areas 48,985 15,084 1,317 319 65,705
Larger urban centres 15,519 6,999 828 233 23,579
All rural and small town areas 33,466 8,085 489 86 42,126
Strong metropolitan influenced zone 6,420 1,570 85 8 8,083
Moderate metropolitan influenced zone 12,116 2,382 138 16 14,652
Weak metropolitan influenced zone 12,116 3,503 241 56 15,916
No metropolitan influenced zone 2,814 630 25 6 3,475
  percent of firms across each size category
All areas 75 23 2 0 100
Larger urban centres 66 30 4 1 100
All rural and small town areas 79 19 1 0 100
Strong metropolitan influenced zone 79 19 1 0 100
Moderate metropolitan influenced zone 83 16 1 0 100
Weak metropolitan influenced zone 76 22 2 0 100
No metropolitan influenced zone 81 18 1 0 100
  percent of firms across each region
All areas 100 100 100 100 100
Larger urban centres 32 46 63 73 36
All rural and small town areas 68 54 37 27 64
Strong metropolitan influenced zone 13 10 6 3 12
Moderate metropolitan influenced zone 25 16 10 5 22
Weak metropolitan influenced zone 25 23 18 18 24
No metropolitan influenced zone 6 4 2 2 5
1. Number of employee full-time equivalents (Box 1).
Source: Statistics Canada, Business Register, 2007.