Focus on Rural Ontario

2019/20 Series 2018 Series 2017 Series 2016 Series + Census Demographic Update 2015 Series 2014 Series 2013 Series

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2019/20 Series

Special issues:  COVID-19 Impact on Rural Ontario

• COVID-19 impact on rural employment: Ontario in the Canadian context in September, 2020
  • Supplementary charts and tables - Rural and Small Towns employment during the Covid-19 era to September 2020 at the Canada level
• COVID-19 impact on rural employment: Ontario in the Canadian context in August, 202
  • Supplementary charts and tables - Rural and Small Towns employment during the Covid-19 era to August 2020 at the Canada level
• Business closures in non-metro Ontario to April, 2020
• COVID-19 impact on rural employment: Ontario in the Canadian context in July, 2020
  • Supplementary charts and tables - Rural and Small Towns employment during the Covid-19 era to July 2020 at the Canada level
• COVID-19 impact on rural employment: Ontario in the Canadian context in June, 202
  • Supplementary charts and tables - Rural and Small Towns employment during the Covid-19 era to June 2020 at the Canada level
• COVID-19 impact on rural employment: Ontario in the Canadian context in May, 2020
  • Supplementary charts and tables - Rural and Small Towns employment during the Covid-19 era to May 2020 at the Canada level
  • Supplementary charts and tables - Non-metro employment during the Covid-19 era to May 2020 at the Canada level
• COVID-19 impact on rural employment: Ontario in the Canadian context in April, 2020
  • Supplementary charts and tables - Rural and Small Towns employment during the Covid-19 era to April 2020 at the Canada level 
  • Supplementary charts and tables - Non-metro employment during the Covid-19 era to April 2020 at the Canada level

Business counts in rural Ontario

• Number of businesses by sector 
• Change in number of businesses by sector
• Percent change in number of businesses by sector
  • Supplementary tables - Number of businesses by industry sector and by size of business 

Infrastructure in rural Ontario

• Overview - Infrastructure in rural Ontario
• Road infrastructure
• Bridge and tunnel infrastructure
• Culture, recreation and sports infrastructure
  • Supplementary tables - Canada's Core Infrastructure Survey 2016

Occupation Group by Sector

• Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Wholesale Trade
• Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
• Health Care and Social Assistance

Change in Skill Levels by Industry

• Change in occupation mix: All sectors 2006 - 2016
• Change in occupation mix: Overview 2006 - 2016
• Supplementary table and charts for Change in Occupation Mix

2018 Series

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2018 Focus on Rural Ontario - Compiled Edition

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Employment by sector 2006-2016

• Employment by sector: Overview 2006-2016
• Employment in agriculture and forestry 
• Employment in mining and oil and gas extraction 
• Employment in construction 
• Employment in manufacturing
• Employment in retail trade
• Employment in transportation and warehousing
• Employment in professional and technical services
• Employment in educational services
• Employment in health care and social assistance
• Employment in accommodation and food services
• Employment in other (personal) services
• Employment in public administration services
  • Supplementary Charts
  • Tables of employment by sector by census division, Ontario, 2006 and 2016 

Living Arrangement of Seniors

• Share of seniors in private vs collective dwellings
• Seniors in private dwellings by type of household
• Seniors in collective dwellings by type of dwelling
  • Supplementary Tables
  • Infographic

Internal Migration

• Migrants under 18 years of age
• Migrants 18-24 years of age
• Migrants 25-44 years of age
• Migrants 45-64 years of age
• Migrants 65+ years of age
• Migrants All Ages
  • Supplementary Charts
  • Infographic

2017 Series

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2017 Focus on Rural Ontario - Compiled Edition (PDF)

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Selected Demographics

• Children under 15 by census division
• Children under 15 by census subdivision
  • Expanded table: Children under 15 by CSD
• Children under 15: Change by census division
• Children under 15: Change by census subdivision
  • Expanded Table: Children under 15: Change by CSD
• Children in lone-parent families by census division
• Children in lone-parent families by census subdivision
  • Expanded table: Children in lone-parent families by CSD
• Children in lone-parent families: Change by census division
• Children in lone-parent families: Change by census subdivision
  • Expanded table: Children in lone-parent families: Change by CSD
• Seniors 80 years and over: Change by census division
• Seniors 80 years and over: Change by census subdivision
  • Expanded table: Seniors 80 and over: Change by CSD

Housing

• Dwellings needing major repairs by census division
• Dwellings needing major repairs by census subdivision
  • Expanded table: Ranking of census subdivisions by percent of households in dwellings needing major repairs
• Dwellings without suitable bedrooms by census division
• Dwellings without suitable bedrooms by census subdivision
  • Expanded Table: Ranking of census subdivisions by percent of households in dwellings without a suitable number of bedrooms
• Dwellings needing repairs or lacking bedrooms by census division
• Dwellings needing repairs or lacking bedrooms by census subdivision

Income: Levels of Income

• Average income by census division
• Average income by census subdivision
  • Expanded Table: Ranking of census subdivisions by income per person 15 years and over
• Population in low income by census division
• Population in low income by census subdivision
  • Expanded Table: Ranking of census subdivisions by percent of population residing in a household with income below the low-income measure
• Children in low income by census division
• Children in low income by census subdivision
  • Expanded Table: Ranking of census subdivisions by percent of children under 18 residing in a household with income below the low-income measure
• Seniors in low income by census division
• Seniors in low income by census subdivision
  • Expanded Table: Ranking of census subdivisions by percent of seniors 65+ years residing in a household with income below the low-income measure

Income: Sources of Income

• Percent with employment income by census division
• Percent with employment income by census subdivision
  • Expanded Table: Ranking of census subdivisions by percent of population, 15 years and over, with some employment income
• Percent with Employment Insurance regular benefits by census division
• Percent with Employment Insurance regular benefits by census subdivision
  • Expanded Table: Ranking of census subdivisions by percent of population, 15 years and over, with some Employment Insurance regular benefits
• Percent with Social Assistance by census division
• Percent with Social Assistance by census subdvisions
  • Expanded Table: Ranking of census subdivisions by percent of population, 15 years and over, with some Social Assistance Revenue

2016 Series + Census Demographic Update

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2016 - Focus on Rural Ontario - Compiled Edition (PDF)

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Rural Ontario's Demography: Census Update 2016 

Rural Demographic Update for Canada, Provinces and Territories: Results from the 2016 Census of Population

Employment Trends

• Non-metro population trends by age
  • Accompanying charts: Non-metro population by age
• Non-metro employment trends by age
  • Accompanying charts: Non-metro number employed and employment rates by age
• Employment trends in economic regions
  • Accompanying charts: Population, number employed and employment rates for Ontario Economic Regions

Precarious Employment 2016/2017

2016:

• Non-metro trends in fixed-term or contract jobs
  • Accompanying charts: Non-metro trends in workers with term or contract employment
• Non-metro trends in involuntary part-time work
  • Accompanying charts: Non-metro trends in involuntary part-time work
• Non-metro trends in low-wage work
• Accompanying charts: Non-metro trends in low-wage work

2017:

• Non-metro self-employed with no paid help
  • Accompanying charts: Self-employed as an indicator for precarious employment in Ontario as a whole
  • Accompanying charts: Self-employment as type of Census Division and by Industry group
• Families with a self-employed worker
  • Accompanying charts: Unincorporated self-employment income reported by Ontario taxfilers
• Non-metro precarious employment by sector
  • Accompanying charts: Indicators of precarious employment by industry sector
• Employment Insurance recipients in non-metro areas
  • Accompanying charts: Taxfilers with Employment Insurance benefits
• Taxfilers receiving social assistance in non-metro areas
  • Accompanying charts: Percent of taxfilers reporting social assistance income in non-metro Ontario

2015 Series

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2015 - Focus on Rural Ontario - Compiled Edition (PDF)

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Population Change

• Size and Change of Non-metro Population 2014
• Components of Population Change 2014
• Immigrant Arrivals in 2014

Migration

• Census Division Migration 2014
• Youth Migration

Employment in Non-Metro Ontario

• Non-Metro Employment Trends
• Non-Metro Employment Rates
• Non-Metro Employment by Sector
• Appendix Charts: Employment Levels and Rates by Region

Sector Analysis in Non-Metro Ontario

• Agriculture and Food Related
• Forestry, Mining, Oil and Gas
• Construction
• Non-food Manufacturing
• Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
• Arts, Information, Recreation and Culture
• Wholesale and Retail Trade
• Appendix Charts: Employment Trends by Industry Sector
• Appendix Charts: Ontario GDP by Sector 1997 to 2014

Income Levels and Trends in Rural Ontario

• Non-Metro Income Levels and Trends
• Non-Metro Incidence of Low Income
• Non-Metro Low Income Gap
• Non-Metro Income Inequality
• Appendix Charts: Income Levels and Trends

Volunteering and Philanthropy in Non-Metro Ontario

• Volunteering in Non-Metro Ontario
• Why Individuals Volunteer
• Charitable Giving in Non-Metro Ontario
• Why Individuals Donate
• Appendix Charts: Volunteering and Giving

2014 Series

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2014 - Focus on Rural Ontario - Compiled Edition (PDF)

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Income

• Average income per taxfiler
• Non-metro income gap
• Male Female non-metro income gap
• Read a commentary on the Income series here.

Employment

• Employment Patterns
• Trends in employment rates
• Change in EI recipients
• Read a commentary on the employment series here.

Demographics

• Components of population change
• Immigrant arrivals
• Migrants all ages
• Read a commentary on the population change series here.
• See a presentation that author Ray Bollman made in September 2014 to the Ontario East Municipal Conference here.

Migration by age group

• Under 18 years of age
• 18-24 years of age
• 25-44 years of age
• 45-64 years of age
• Migrants 65 and older

Set Living arrangements of seniors

• Living arrangements of seniors: An overview
• Living arrangements of seniors: Collective dwellings
• Living arrangements of seniors: Private dwellings

Youth employment

• Youth employment by occupation 
• Youth employment by industry 
• Ontario youth employment rates 
• Read a commentary on the youth employment series here.

Building Permits

• Level of building permits to October 2014

2013 Series

Rural Ontario geography and population

• Overview of Rural Ontario geography
• Ontario's non-metro population
• Number of non-metro communities by size
• Rate of growth of non-metro population 
• Historical patterns of community demographic change 
• Components of population change
• Immigrant arrivals in 2012
• Where are immigrants residing now?
• Growth in the number of seniors 
• Aboriginal identity population

Employment and Economy

• Working age population
• Patterns of job growth and decline
• Employment rates
• Change in EI recipients
• EI recipients by census division
• Employment rates by sector
• Change in building permit levels