abstract: 'The problem of attracting and retaining immigrants and refugees to rural

  parts of Canada has recently emerged as a policy response to declining

  population growth outside of urban areas, with particular policy

  attention focused on immigration to the Atlantic Provinces. While there

  has been increased scholarly attention paid to the integration outcomes

  of recent immigrants and refugees to Canada who settle outside of major

  cities, the bulk of this research has focused on the settlement

  experiences of newcomers to smaller cities and suburban regions. Little

  attention has been paid to the settlement experiences of immigrants and

  refugees to rural parts of the country. Given the dominance of private

  car ownership for getting around rural Canada, this article examines how

  car consumption arises as a crucial component of the rural settlement

  process, both from the point of view of accessing services and

  employment, but also from the point of view of forming an affective

  connection to rural places. Grounded in an analysis of interviews with

  immigrants and refugees to North-eastern Nova Scotia, the authors

  develop two key findings. First, the lack of public transportation

  options in rural areas pushes newcomers to prioritize car ownership as a

  means of accessing employment and other crucial services. Second,

  participant narratives of car consumption reveal rural newcomers''

  complex affective relationship to cars that highlight the importance of

  vehicles to developing a sense of independence and belonging, further

  underlining the role that cars play in rural Canada''s evolving identity

  as an immigration destination.'
affiliation: 'Perry, JA (Corresponding Author), St Francis Xavier Univ, Antigonish,
  NS, Canada.

  Perry, J. Adam, St Francis Xavier Univ, Antigonish, NS, Canada.

  Scott, Diane, Mem Univ Newfoundland, St John, NF, Canada.'
author: Perry, J. Adam and Scott, Diane
author-email: 'aperry@stfx.ca

  dascott@mun.ca'
author_list:
- family: Perry
  given: J. Adam
- family: Scott
  given: Diane
da: '2023-09-28'
files: []
issn: 1712-8277
journal: JOURNAL OF RURAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
keywords: 'rural immigration; privately sponsored refugees; transportation

  disadvantage; car consumption; Nova Scotia'
keywords-plus: ONTARIO; AUTOMOBILITY; GEOGRAPHY; MOBILITY; WORKERS; LABOR
language: English
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '60'
orcid-numbers: Perry, J. Adam/0000-0002-6983-6581
pages: 121-137
papis_id: 1cacf2693a935ff7558f46114cbaa833
ref: Perry2021carconsumption
researcherid-numbers: Perry, J. Adam/AAZ-4264-2021
times-cited: '0'
title: 'Car Consumption Among Recent Immigrants And Refugees to Rural Nova Scotia:
  An Exploratory Study'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000672698900007
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '5'
volume: '16'
web-of-science-categories: Development Studies
year: '2021'