While data is available on a community basis directly from Statistics Canada, analysis across Ontario geographies requires a significant investment of time to differentiate any rural versus urban trends.
Organizations or municipalities in rural and small town Ontario may not have the resources to compare local happenings with broader trends. ROI has commissioned Ray Bollman, former Chief of Statistics Canada Rural Research Group, to fill this gap by analyzing data and producing these resources.
Special Issues 2020/2021: Covid-19 Impact on Rural Ontario
- COVID-19 Impact on Rural Employment: Ontario in the Canadian context in February 2021
- Business conditions in rural Ontario, 3rd quarter of 2020
- COVID-19 Impact on Rural Employment: Ontario in the Canadian context in January 2021
- Business closures in non-metro Ontario to October, 2020
- COVID-19 impact on rural employment: Ontario in the Canadian context in December 2020
- COVID-19 impact on rural employment: Ontario in the Canadian context in November, 2020
- COVID-19 impact on rural employment: Ontario in the Canadian context in September, 2020
- COVID-19 impact on rural employment: Ontario in the Canadian context in August, 2020
- Business closures in non-metro Ontario to April, 2020
- COVID-19 impact on rural employment: Ontario in the Canadian context in July, 2020
- COVID-19 impact on rural employment: Ontario in the Canadian context in June, 202
- COVID-19 impact on rural employment: Ontario in the Canadian context in May, 2020
- COVID-19 impact on rural employment: Ontario in the Canadian context in April, 2020
2019/20 Series
Business counts in rural Ontario
Infrastructure in rural Ontario
Occupation Group by Sector
Change in Skill Levels by Industry
2013 Series
Rural Ontario geography and population
Employment and Economy