Mapping the importance of urban and rural economies in Canada: Experimental grid square-based gross domestic product and gross domestic income

Mark Brown, Matthew Brown, Jiang Li and Jesse Tweedle

Economic and Social Reports from Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies and Modelling Branch

Abstract: This paper investigates the importance of urban and rural regional economies in Canada. Taking advantage of newly developed experimental measures of gross domestic product and gross domestic income at the scale of 1 kilometre by 1 kilometre grid squares, it provides a picture of the importance of urban and rural economies in 2019. It shows that 23.1% of Canada’s output is produced in rural areas, where 19.5% of employee compensation is received, with the remainder located in urbanized areas. It also shows that 60.6% of rural production occurs in areas that are relatively close to major markets, such as southern Ontario, central Alberta between Calgary and Edmonton, and the lower mainland of British Columbia.

Keywords: gross domestic product; gross domestic income; rural economies; urban economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-04-23
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DOI: 10.25318/36280001202500400003-eng

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