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