The primary objective of this paper is to measure the degree of renewal within the Canadian manufacturing economy as a whole and across provinces. Regional economies are continually undergoing adjustment as their firm populations react to changing tastes, technologies, and the challenges of...

This paper measures the volatility of manufacturing employment growth across Canadian regions for the period 1976-97. It also attempts to relate the structural characteristics of regional economies to their levels of employment volatility. In particular, the analysis focuses on testing whether...