@phdthesis{1970, keywords = {Urbanization, Economic conditions, Labour force, Occupations, Industries, Statistics, Manufacturers, Retailing, Construction, Cities and towns}, author = {Glenn Rittinger}, title = {The changing functions of Ontario urban centres (population 20,000 or more, 1961)}, abstract = {A study of changing economic functions from 1931 to 1961 in 27 middle-sized Ontario urban centres, including Galt and Kitchener. The author concludes that all centres except Oshawa were multifunctional, with the predominant functions being manufacturing, servicing, retailing and construction. Of these four functions, only manufacturing and retailing are classified as stable in the early 1960s. The number of functions performed by the urban centres is generally found to have increased.}, year = {1964}, number = {Dissertation/Thesis, Unpublished}, pages = {1 fiche+}, publisher = {University of Waterloo (B.A. thesis, Geography)}, language = {English}, }