Socio-Economic Conditions and Trends

Ontario's Ministry of Finance prepares and publishes population projections. These are available at the Census Division (county/regional municipality) level.

More generally a good source of national and provincial rural trends is the Rural and Small Town Canada analysis bulletin from Statistics Canada. Statistics Canada launched this occasional bulletin series to document the structure and trends in rural Canada. Their objective is to provide baseline information for national and provincial discussions of rural issues and to provide a baseline with which local communities can compare their situation. Bulletin topics include an analysis of employment and unemployment trends, an overview of rural youth, the nature of businesses in smaller communities, and the rate of migration to and from rural and small town Canada.