Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of April 1-5

Labour Force Statistics- The unemployment rate in British Columbia was 4.7% in March, up 0.2 percentage points from February and down 0.1 percentage points from 12 months ago. Both the labour force (+12,300) and the number of jobs (+7,900) increased from February.
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Science and Technology - Federal government spending on science and technology (S&T) is expected to total $11.7 billion (current dollars) in the 2019/2020 fiscal year. Intended S&T expenditure is lower (-2.6%) than in 2018/2019, when spending was at $12.0 billion, and marks the second consecutive annual decline in federal spending on S&T.
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Energy-Saving Lights - Almost 9 out of 10 (86%) British Columbian households reported using at least one type of energy-saving light in 2017. This rate has remained relatively unchanged over the last decade (87% in 2007) and was two percentage points below the proportion for the nation as a whole (88%).
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Drinking Water - British Columbians are increasingly turning to tap water as primary drinking source. Just one in eight (12%) B.C. households primarily drank bottled water rather than tap water in 2017.
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Current Surveys

• BC Council on Admissions & Transfer Survey of Mobile Students
  
• BC Hydro Workforce Profile Survey
• BC Public Service Exit Survey
• BC Public Service New Job Survey
• BC Student Outcomes Survey of Apprenticeship and Trades Training Students
  
• BC Student Outcomes Survey of Diploma, Associate Degree and Certificate Students
• CABRO Diversity
  
• Canada-BC Job Grant Outcomes Survey
• FrontCounter BC Customer Satisfaction Survey
• Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities Outcomes Survey
  
• Long Term Disability (LTD) Application Process Survey

You can read more about any of these by visiting our Current and Recent Surveys page.