THIS AND THAT
BC Check-Up 2016
WORK
+
jobs to
27,800
2.31m
2/3 of new jobs created
in service sector
Unemployment
+0.1 ppt to...
6.2
%
...due
to more
workers
INVEST
LIVE
$3.97 billion +2.6%
Private sector
on-residential
building
+
2.8%
investment
Value of
international exports
$35.9 billion
Top 5 BC export commodities
to international markets
70.2% of labour
force has at least
some post-secondary
education
+
1.1% Labour
compensation
per employee to
$53,373
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Wood
Energy
Machinery & Equipment
Metallic Minerals
Pulp & Paper
Government net debt
as a percentage of
GDP to 16.7%
+
1.0ppt
Consumer debt per capita to
$60,043
Driven largely by growth in
mortgage debt
+4.5 ppt to 76.9%
in Greater Vancouver
Share of median income
spent on housing
-0.2 ppt to 45.8%
in Victoria
Long-term unemployment
rate unchanged at
0.7%
Percentage of labour
force between ages
19 and 25 with less
than a high
school education
5.9%
+0.7 ppt to
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