A Working Plan for Queens: A Strategic Development
Strategy (Sapp/Dunlop Report)
In January 2002, the Queens Strategic Economic
Development Planning Group, led by Jim Sapp and Jack Dunlop,
presented their report to the Region of Queens Municipality.
This is the latest, comprehensive economic development strategy
prepared for Queens County. As such, it still plays an
important role in 2008 as a starting point in your planning for
economic development and diversification. It is available here
in pdf file format.
A Working
Plan for Queens: A Strategic Development Strategy
Analysis by
Robert Stafford C.A.
Debt Service
Ratio
Growing Our
Community
Guideline For
Implementation and Recommended Targets for Completion
Long-Term Debt vs.
Capital Assets
Research
Resources
Statistical
Tables
Statistics Canada study
The following Statistics Canada study, working
paper and article may interest the community:
1. “Seniors in rural Canada”.
Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin Vol. 7,
No. 8 (Ottawa:
Statistics Canada,
Catalogue no. 21-006-XIE). [Dandy, Kimberley and Ray D. Bollman.
(2008)] Summary attached. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/21-006-x/21-006-x2007008-eng.pdf
- nationally, fewer
communities in rural regions are aging, compared with communities in
urban regions.
2.
“Structure and Change in
Canada’s Rural Demography: An
Update to 2006 with Provincial Detail” (Ottawa: Statistics Canada,
Agriculture and Rural Working Paper No. 90, Catalogue no.
21-601-MIE) [Bollman, Ray D. and Heather A. Clemenson
(2008)] Key findings attached. / Download
the 136-page paper: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/21-601-m/21-601-m2008090-eng.pdf
- for Canada as a whole, the rural population is
growing. Most, but not all, of the growth is in areas adjacent to
metro areas. Growth of the rural population is less than the growth
in urban areas. Thus the rural share of Canada’s total population
continues to decline. The rural population is not growing in all
provinces. Each province and territory has reported rural population
growth and rural population decline in recent decades. Depending on
how rural is defined, in 2006, 19% to 30% of Canadians were living
in a rural area
– in NS rural became a minority in 1951 and in 2006
45% of the NS population is considered “census rural”
2.
“Off-farm labour decision of Canadian farm
operators: Urbanization effects and rural labour market linkages”
Journal of Rural Studies 25, pp.
12-24 [Alessandro Alasia, Alfons Weersink, Ray D. Bollman, John
Cranfield (2008).] (Available in English only) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2008.04.002
- the results show that the size of the rural
population has remained stable over the last 25 years, although with
a modest positive growth. However due to a rapid urban population
growth, the weight of the rural population in the national
demographic picture has declined steadily. The differences lie in
the detailed actual numbers and the geography represented. The
choice of a definition rural should be driven by the rural issue or
question being addressed.
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