Table 3 
Rural and urban firms with payroll employees by industry sector, Canada, 2007

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  Industry sector
Primary Construction Manufacturing Distributive services Producer services Social and personal services All industry sectors
number of firms
All areas 65,705 123,482 59,840 262,522 275,244 295,784 1,082,577
Larger urban centres 23,579 94,512 48,321 207,890 241,131 233,689 849,122
All rural and small town areas 42,126 28,970 11,519 54,632 34,113 62,095 233,455
Strong metropolitan influenced zone 8,083 8,572 2,942 10,999 8,314 11,189 50,099
Moderate metropolitan influenced zone 14,652 10,456 4,746 19,406 11,291 22,830 83,381
Weak metropolitan influenced zone 15,916 9,131 3,467 21,751 13,246 24,782 88,293
No metropolitan influenced zone 3,475 811 364 2,476 1,262 3,294 11,682
  percent of firms in each sector
All areas 6 11 6 24 25 27 100
Larger urban centres 3 11 6 24 28 28 100
All rural and small town areas 18 12 5 23 15 27 100
Strong metropolitan influenced zone 16 17 6 22 17 22 100
Moderate metropolitan influenced zone 18 13 6 23 14 27 100
Weak metropolitan influenced zone 18 10 4 25 15 28 100
No metropolitan influenced zone 30 7 3 21 11 28 100
  percent of firms in each region
All areas 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Larger urban centres 36 77 81 79 88 79 78
All rural and small town areas 64 23 19 21 12 21 22
Strong metropolitan influenced zone 12 7 5 4 3 4 5
Moderate metropolitan influenced zone 22 8 8 7 4 8 8
Weak metropolitan influenced zone 24 7 6 8 5 8 8
No metropolitan influenced zone 5 1 1 1 0 1 1
Source: Statistics Canada, Business Register, 2007