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Appendix Table C
Rural and urban firms with payroll employees in the producer services sector, Canada, 2007

	1 to 4	5 to 49	50 to 199	200 or more	All firms
	Size of firm¹
	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.