Scottish Rural Communities Policy Review: stage 2 - Canada case study
A set of four international case studies have been produced as part of Stage 2 of the Scottish Rural Communities Policy Review. This is the Canada case study. The others are England, Finland and Ireland.
Appendix B
Rural Definitions Frequently Used in Canada (Rural and Small Town Canada, Analysis Bulletin, Du Plesis et al., 2001; Index of Remoteness, Statistics Canada: Statistics Canada, 2023).
Census Rural: Communities outside centres of 1,000 or more population.
Index of Remoteness: An index measures the proximity to and size of population centres.
Non-Metro: Towns or municipalities outside the commuting zone of larger urban centres with 100,000 or more population.
Rural and Small Town: Towns or municipalities outside the commuting zone of larger urban centres with 10,000 or more population.
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