Table 1
Self-employment in Canada, 2010
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Type of geographic areaNote 1 | Total number employed (,000) | Number self-employed (,000) | Percent self-employed | ||||||
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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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