In some instances, such as the Department of National Defence, a portion of the affected employees were redeployed in other regions of Canada. In some other cases, the federal government handed over the delivery of some of its responsibilities to private companies or provincial governments. Further, almost 1,100 jobs were transferred to the provincial government workforce in Quebec last April as a result of the implementation of the Canada-Quebec Labour Market Agreement in Principle , signed in April 1997. A CMA has an urban core population of at least 100,000, based on the previous census. See How to order publications .
Data are also available through custom tabulation.
Data Dissemination, Public Institutions Division. Statistics Canada today released a research study which investigates what it means to be high-tech. Its findings are relevant to the ongoing debate over the nature of the new knowledge economy. That is, they either innovate, use advanced technologies, employ skilled workers or emphasize training. Some industries, such as computer services, printing and publishing and farm services, do have greater numbers of high-tech firms operating in them than do others.