Appendix Table B 
Rural and urban firms with payroll employees in the manufacturing 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 26,030 24,947 6,969 1,894 59,840
Larger urban centres 20,173 20,730 5,888 1,530 48,321
All rural and small town areas 5,857 4,217 1,081 364 11,519
Strong metropolitan influenced zone 1,577 1,070 236 59 2,942
Moderate metropolitan influenced zone 2,318 1,796 481 151 4,746
Weak metropolitan influenced zone 1,771 1,221 337 138 3,467
No metropolitan influenced zone 191 130 27 16 364
  percent of firms across each size category
All areas 43 42 12 3 100
Larger urban centres 42 43 12 3 100
All rural and small town areas 51 37 9 3 100
Strong metropolitan influenced zone 54 36 8 2 100
Moderate metropolitan influenced zone 49 38 10 3 100
Weak metropolitan influenced zone 51 35 10 4 100
No metropolitan influenced zone 52 36 7 4 100
  percent of firms across each region
All areas 100 100 100 100 100
Larger urban centres 77 83 84 81 81
All rural and small town areas 23 17 16 19 19
Strong metropolitan influenced zone 6 4 3 3 5
Moderate metropolitan influenced zone 9 7 7 8 8
Weak metropolitan influenced zone 7 5 5 7 6
No metropolitan influenced zone 1 1 0 1 1
1. Number of employee full-time equivalents (Box 1).
Source: Statistics Canada, Business Register, 2007.