%0 Journal Article
%T Understanding the Rural Tilt among Financial Co-operatives in Canada
%A Laurie Mook
%A Jennifer Hann
%A Jack Quarter
%J Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research
%D 2012
%I Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing
%X This mixed methods study examines whether the rural/urban distribution of credit union/caisse populaire branches differs significantly from the general urban/rural demographic pattern in Canada. It also explores whether their distribution is different from that of banks, looking at the cases of Qu¨¦bec and Atlantic Canada. The study finds a rural tilt among financial cooperatives in Canada, and seven key informants present their views on the results. Their responses are categorized in two main themes: why financial cooperatives are overrepresented in rural and small town areas, and why they are under-represented in urban ones. A discussion follows, and directions for further study are provided. / Cette ¨¦tude utilisant des m¨¦thodes combin¨¦es examine si la distribution des succursales de coop¨¦ratives d¡¯¨¦pargne et de cr¨¦dit / caisses populaires en milieu rural et urbain diff¨¨re de fa on importante de la tendance d¨¦mographique g¨¦n¨¦rale des milieux urbains et ruraux au Canada. Elle aborde aussi la question de savoir si leur distribution est diff¨¦rente de celle des banques en observant le cas du Qu¨¦bec et du Canada atlantique. L¡¯¨¦tude r¨¦v¨¨le une tendance rurale chez les coop¨¦ratives financi¨¨res du Canada, et sept r¨¦pondants cl¨¦s donnent leur opinion sur les r¨¦sultats. Les r¨¦ponses des intervenants sont divis¨¦es en deux th¨¨mes principaux : pourquoi les coop¨¦ratives sont surrepr¨¦sent¨¦es dans les milieux ruraux et les petites villes et pourquoi elles sont sous-repr¨¦sent¨¦es dans les milieux urbains. Un d¨¦bat s¡¯ensuit, et des lignes directrices sont fournies aux fins d¡¯une ¨¦tude plus approfondie.
%K Credit unions
%K Caisses populaires
%K Financial cooperatives
%K Rural
%K Urban / Coop¨¦ratives d¡¯¨¦pargne et de cr¨¦dit
%K caisses populaires
%K coop¨¦ratives financi¨¨res
%K milieu rural
%K milieu urbain
%U http://anserj.ca/anser/index.php/cjnser/article/view/107/60