Table 1
Self-employment in Canada, 2010

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Table 1
Self-employment in Canada, 2010
Table summary
This table displays the results of Self-employment in Canada, 2010. This information is grouped by Type of geographic area appearing as row headers and is grouped by Total number employed (,000) - (Agri-culture Non-agri-culture, and Total), Number self-employed (,000) (Agri-culture Non-agri-culture, and Total), and Percent self-employed (Agri-culture Non-agri-culture, and Total) appearing as column headers.
Type of geographic areaNote 1 Total number employed (,000) Number self-employed (,000) Percent self-employed
Agri-culture Non-agri-culture Total Agri-culture Non-agri-culture Total Agri-culture Non-agri-culture Total
Larger urban centres (subtotal) 100 14,145 14,245 47 2,032 2,080 47 14 15
Population centres in the built-up core 51 12,569 12,620 15 1,767 1,782 30 14 14
Population centres that are not contiguous with the built-up core 4 424 428 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 63 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 15
Census rural within CMA/CA 45 1,151 1,107 31 204 235 69 18 20
Rural and small town (RST) areas (subtotal) 201 2,596 2,796 141 450 590 70 17 21
RST population centres 18 972 990 7 141 148 39 15 15
RST census rural areas 182 1,624 1,806 134 309 442 73 19 24
Canada 301 16,740 17,041 188 2,482 2,670 62 15 16
1. See Box 2 for geographic definitions.
Source: Statistics Canada. Labour Force Survey. CANSIM Table 282-0121.
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