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To the question: Are manufacturing jobs less stable in ... A. small cities or B. big cities?
The correct answer is B: Manufacturing jobs are less stable in big cities. In 2008, the retention rate (adjusted for sex and age) in the manufacturing sector was 46% in big cities, compared with 50% in smaller cities. The difference between these rates and the rates for their respective non-manufacturing sectors is also greater in big cities than in smaller cities.
Also, the retention rate in manufacturing has been on a downward trend in large urban centres since 2000, while it has only begun to drop in non-metropolitan areas since 2005.
Chart - Manufacturing and non-manufacturing job stability higher outside big cities
1. Adjusted for age and sex.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.
Table - Manufacturing and non-manufacturing job stability higher outside big cities
Source: Job stability and unemployment duration in manufacturing - HTML | PDF
