In 2019, rural Canada was the operating location for 312,500 small businesses and 7,500 medium businesses. These firms accounted for 15.4% and 14.5% of the country's small and medium businesses, respectively. In the same year, rural Canada was home to 16.3% of Canadians, or 6.1 million people, and the workplace for 13.7% of employed Canadians, or 2.6 million persons.
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