Breaking Myths About the Economic Contribution of Rural Communities
Posted on | December 8, 2009 | No Comments
I love studies. And this one, Breaking Myths About the Economic Contribution of Rural Communities, demonstrates how rural communities – and especially communities located in the rural-urban fringe – continue to play an important role in larger economies (based on recent research undertaken in Quebec).
Unfortunately, the 140 page study is only available in French. However, Mario Lefebvre, Director at the Centre for Municipal Studies at the Conference Board of Canada, highlights the major findings of the study in a brief write-up:
“[A]ccording to an economic footprint analysis conducted by Statistics Canada, every dollar of activity in the rural communities leads to an additional 48 cents of economic activity in the province of Quebec and another 19 cents in the rest of Canada … [showing] important complementarities between economic activity in the rural potion of the province and its urban counterparts.”
- Mario Lefebvre
Click here to read the highlights summary and to access the study in full.
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