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The Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin, is an occasional publication documenting structure and trends in rural Canada. The objective is to provide basic socio-economic information and analysis for use by researchers, policy makers and for others interested in rural issues. Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin is a joint project between Statistics Canada and the Rural Secretariat on behalf of the Canadian Rural Partnership. Many Bulletins are supported by a detailed working paper. The Bulletins are also available at http://www.statcan.ca:8096/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=21-006-X&CHROPG;=1

1. The Influence of Education on Civic Engagement: Differences Across Canada's Rural-Urban Spectrum New

1. The loss of dependable agricultural land in Canada
2. Occupational skill level: The divide between rural and urban Canada
Community demographic trends within their regional context
4. Social engagement and civic participation: Are rural and small town populations really at an advantage?
5. A Visit to Canada’s Countryside: Rural Tourism
6. Canada's watersheds: The demographic basis for an urban–rural dialogue
7. Trends in the prices of rurality
8. Rural employment in the culture sector

1. Factors associated with household internet use
2. Mapping the socio-economic diversity of rural Canada
3. Health status and behaviours of Canada’s youth: A rural-urban comparison health
4. Immigrants in rural Canada: 2001 update
5. Self-employment activity in rural Canada
6. Occupational patterns within industry groups: A rural – urban comparison
7. The rural-urban income gap within provinces : An update to 2000
8. Tourism employment in rural Canada

1. Part-time employment in rural Canada
2. Immigrants in rural Canada
3. The gender balance of employment in rural and small town Canada
4. The rural/urban divide is not changing: Income disparities persist
5. Rural and urban educational attainment: An investigation of patterns and trends, 1981 - 1996
6. The health of rural canadians: A rural-urban comparison of health indicators
7. Rural economic diversification - A community and regional approach
8. More than just farming: employment in agriculture and agri-food in rural and urban Canada

1. Employment structure in rural and small town Canada: the producer services sector
2. Urban consumption of agricultural land
3. Definitions of rural
4. Employment in rural and small town Canada: An update to 2000
5. Information and communication technologies in rural Canada
6. Migration to and from rural and small town Canada
7. Rural income disparities in Canada: A comparison across the provinces
8. Seasonal variation in rural employment

1. Factors associated with female employment rates in rural and small town Canada
2. Population structure and change in predominantly rural regions
3. Rural youth migration between 1971 and 1996
4. Housing conditions in predominantly rural regions
5. Measuring economic well-being of rural canadians using income indicators
6. Employment structure in rural and small town Canada: an overview
7. Employment structure in rural and small town Canada: the primary sector
8. Employment structure in rural and small town Canada: the manufacturing sector

1. Rural and Small Town Population is Growing in the 1990s
2. Employment Patterns in the Non-Metro Workforce
3. The Composition of Business Establishments in Smaller and Larger Communities in Canada
4. Rural and Urban Household Expenditure Patterns for 1996
5. How Far to the Nearest Physician?
6. Factors Associated with Local Economic Growth
7. Computer Use and Internet Use by Members of Rural Households
8. Geographical Patterns of Socio-Economic Well-Being of First Nations Communities