This slide deck presents a series of graphs that highlight population changes in rural and small town areas from 1966 to 2016.

Reference:

Bollman, Ray D. and Heather A. Clemenson (2008) 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)

 (http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2008/statcan/21-601-M/21-601-m2008090-eng.pdf).