Rural Youth Migration: Exploring the Reality Behind the Myths (Rural Youth Phase II)
R.A. Malatest, 2002
On August 12, 2002, a discussion paper entitled Rural Youth Migration: Exploring the Reality Behind the Myths was released by the federal government.
The discussion paper was undertaken as an initiative of the Canadian Rural Partnership and produced by R. A. Malatest & Associates Ltd. with the collaboration of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), the Rural Secretariat, the Canada Economic Development Agency for Quebec Regions (CED-Q), the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WEDC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), the Policy Research Secretariat (PRS) and Statistics Canada. This second phase examines the reasons behind rural youth migration and attempts to devise some strategies that would allow rural communities to maintain their youth populations.
This second phase of research follows up on a report released in 2000 and entitled Rural Youth: Stayers, Leavers and Return Migrants, which was undertaken by Statistics Canada with the assistance of ACOA and the Rural Secretariat. This first phase report was intended as a baseline quantitative examination of the rural youth migration situation. Among other conclusions, it found that rural Atlantic Canada was faring worse than the national average because of an inability to attract a high proportion of young individuals, rather than because of a high percentage of leavers.
To obtain a copy of this report, please contact ACOA's library at (506) 851-2144 or 1-800-561-7862 or by email: APRI-MRSA@acoa-apeca.gc.ca