Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of April 8-12

Natural Resources - The value of Canada's timber, energy, and mineral resource assets nearly doubled (+91.7%) in 2017, reaching $715 billion. The increase was due to climbing prices for oil and minerals, and marks a substantial recovery from 2016, when the value of the nation’s natural resources declined.
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Price of New Housing - The cost of new housing in the province’s capital city was higher in February than in the same month last year. The 1.2% increase in Victoria was the result of climbing housing prices (+1.5%) and land value (+0.6%).
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Rail Transportation - Coal remained by far the leading commodity transported by rail both into and out of the province in 2017. Coal accounted for 48% of all commodities leaving B.C., while lumber, wood chips and pulp were far behind.
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Building Permits - The value of building permits decreased 11.5% (seasonally adjusted) in February from the previous month. There were increases in permits for industrial (+38.3%), institutional (+32.1%), and commercial (+6.5%) buildings and a decrease in the value of residential (‑21.0%) projects.
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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
• 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.