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Rural areas in Canada, often called rural Canada, generally refers to areas in Canada outside of census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, according to Statistics Canada.[1] Rural areas cover approximately 9,197,138 km2 (3,551,035 sq mi) of Canada's land area as of 2015.[2]

Rural Canada is usually defined by low population density, small population size, and distance from major agglomerations.

As of the 2021 census, nearly 6 million people (16% of the total Canadian population) lived in rural areas of Canada.[3] In the 2006 census, the Canadian population living in a rural area was between 19% and 30% of the total population, depending on the definition of "rural" used.[4]

  1. ^ "Rural Canada statistics". www.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  2. ^ "Rural land area (sq. km) - Canada". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  3. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-02-09). "Population and dwelling counts by the Statistical Area Classification". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  4. ^ "Structure and Change in Canada's Rural Demography: An Update to 2006". Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin. 7 (7). Statistics Canada.