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    Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin

    Manufacturing Firms in Rural and Small Town Canada

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    Tables

    Table 1 Number of firms in all sectors and number of manufacturing firms by geographic area, Canada, 2003 and 2007

    Table 2 Change in the number of manufacturing firms within each size class, Canada, 2003 to 2007

    Table 3 Number of manufacturing firms by geographic area, Canada, 2003 and 2007

    Table A.1 Change in number of firms within each size class, Canada, 2003 to 2007

    Table B.1 Manufacturing firms in the value chain of a resource sector, Canada, 2003 and 2007

    Table C.1 Number of resource-reliant communities, Canada, 2001

    Figures

    Figure 1 In Strong MIZ and Moderate MIZ, 6% of all firms are manufacturing firms, Canada

    Figure 2 Within rural and small town areas, the decline in manufacturing firms was larger in Weak and No MIZ, Canada, 2003 to 2007

    Figure 3 In rural and small town areas, about 2/3 of the manufacturing firms are part of a resource sector value chain, Canada

    Figure 4 From 2003 to 2007, manufacturing firms in the value chain of a resource sector decreased at the same pace as for all manufacturing firms, Canada

    Figure 5 Among the manufacturing firms in rural and small town areas, 50% are located in communities reliant on a resource sector, Canada

    Figure 6 There was a 10% decline from 2003 to 2007 in the number of manufacturing firms in rural and small town communities that were reliant on a resource sector

    Figure C.1 In the Weak MIZ, 57% of the communities are "reliant" on a resource sector value chain (contributing 30% or more to the economic base of the community), Canada, 2001

    Figure C.2 In the Weak MIZ, 60% of the population resides in communities that are "reliant" on a resource sector value chain (contributing 30% or more to the economic base of the community), Canada, 2001

    Figure C.3 In rural and small town Canada, 50% of the firms are located in communities reliant on the primary sector

    Figure C.4  There was a 3% decline from 2003 to 2007 in the total number of (manufacturing and non-manufacturing) firms in rural and small town communities that were reliant on a resource sector

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