Rural by choice

By Laurie Watt, Leigh Blenkhorn, Frank Matys, Brad Pritchard, Bruce Hain and Nicole Million

Barrie Advance Feb 14, 2012 

SIMCOE COUNTY – From 1851 to 2011, population in rural areas has been on the decline.

According to Statistics Canada there has been a massive influx of people moving away from rural areas, and the 2011 Census shows almost 70 per cent of Canada’s 33,476,688 people opted to live in metropolitan areas.

But a small minority still chooses to live rurally.