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- Title
Counterurbanization and the Growth of Canada's Rural and Small Town Municipalities: 1996-2001.
- Authors
Mitchelle, Claret J. A.
- Abstract
Although population loss is the norm for many of Canada's rural and small town municipalities, approximately 41% did grow during the 1996 to 2001 period. This paper seeks to describe and interpret the contribution of "counterurbanization" to the growth of settlements that lie beyond Canada's urban areas. A custom tabulation of Statistics Canada data is analysed to describe spatial variations in the importance of this migration stream. Results reveal that although the movement of residents from Canada's largest (CMAs) and smaller (CAs) urban centres is occurring, it is not the sole migration path driving population growth in rural and small town municipalities. Moves between rural settlements are found to be the dominant form of migration taking place in some of Canada's provinces and territories. Spatial variations in the relative importance of these migration types are attributed to disparities in population, economic conditions and environmental amenity. Comparison with the 2001-2006 census data will reveal if trends documented here have continued into the present millennium.
- Subjects
CANADA; POPULATION; CITIES &; towns; URBAN-rural migration; HUMAN settlements; STATISTICS; EMIGRATION &; immigration
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Regional Science / Revue Canadienne des Sciences Régionales, 2008, Vol 31, Issue 1, p117
- ISSN
0705-4580
- Publication type
Article