Rural-Urban Thoughts

Just a short note to share an interesting resource. I was interested in learning about the rural-urban split in Canada and by province. Things have certainly changed since the first censuses in 1851. In some provinces it went from a urban-rural split of 0-100 in 1851 to 85-15 in 2006! It's quite shocking to actually see the numbers and how far people have moved from a connection to the land.

Of note is that the Maritime provinces have experienced less of a shift overall. They hover around 55-45 urban rural split. It's caused by the smaller population generally but I wonder if this may mean that the Maritimes will be better able to weather the coming changes. Of course many of these rural people are retired seniors so I wonder if they have any projections of what will change after the baby boom passes on.

With all the corporations buying up Africa perhaps one day all the people will just be in cities and the corporations will own all the countryside. But of course that assumes a steady and growing energy base which we always have to remind ourselves won't be with us for much longer.