Appendix Table C 
Rural and urban firms with payroll employees in the producer services 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 175,536 87,454 9,722 2,532 275,244
Larger urban centres 151,267 78,152 9,249 2,463 241,131
All rural and small town areas 24,269 9,302 473 69 34,113
Strong metropolitan influenced zone 6,058 2,116 124 16 8,314
Moderate metropolitan influenced zone 8,123 3,011 140 17 11,291
Weak metropolitan influenced zone 9,150 3,864 196 36 13,246
No metropolitan influenced zone 938 311 13 0 1,262
  percent of firms across each size category
All areas 64 32 4 1 100
Larger urban centres 63 32 4 1 100
All rural and small town areas 71 27 1 0 100
Strong metropolitan influenced zone 73 25 1 0 100
Moderate metropolitan influenced zone 72 27 1 0 100
Weak metropolitan influenced zone 69 29 1 0 100
No metropolitan influenced zone 74 25 1 0 100
  percent of firms across each region
All areas 100 100 100 100 100
Larger urban centres 86 89 95 97 88
All rural and small town areas 14 11 5 3 12
Strong metropolitan influenced zone 3 2 1 1 3
Moderate metropolitan influenced zone 5 3 1 1 4
Weak metropolitan influenced zone 5 4 2 1 5
No metropolitan influenced zone 1 0 0 0 0
1. Number of employee full-time equivalents (Box 1).
Source: Statistics Canada, Business Register, 2007.