BC Stats Infoline
Edition: December 19, 2016
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Minister’s statement on trade mission
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Minister’s statement on trade mission
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Premier's statement marking one year since the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc’s residential school findings
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Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of December 12 - 16
Quarterly Population Highlights - The population of B.C. was estimated at 4,773,345 as of October 1, 2016, growing by 21,733 persons in the third quarter of 2016 (up 0.5% from July 1, 2016). This is the largest third quarter growth recorded since 2009.
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Manufacturing Sales - Manufacturing sales in the province inched down 0.5% (seasonally adjusted) in October, mirroring a 0.4% increase in the previous month. Non-durables were off slightly (-0.3%), mostly as a result of weaker sales by food (-0.1%) and paper (-6.4%) producers.
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Impaired Driving - Police in British Columbia recorded 11,652 instances of impaired driving in 2015. Reported instances of impaired driving occurred at a rate of 249 people per 100,000 of the population.
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B.C.'s population grew by another 0.5% in the third quarter of 2016, the strongest third quarter growth since 2009.
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Current Surveys
- Apprenticeship Student Outcomes (APPSO) Survey
- Baccalaureate Graduate Survey
- BC Hydro Workforce Profile Survey
- BC Public Service Exit Survey
- Canada-BC Job Grant Outcomes Survey
- Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes (DACSO) Survey
- FrontCounter BC Customer Satisfaction Survey
- Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities Outcome Survey
- Long Term Disability (LTD) Application Process Survey
- Procurement Transformation Survey (#BCTECH Strategy)
- SDSI LMAPD Monthly Survey 2016-17
You can read more about any of these by visiting our Current and Recent Surveys page.

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Did You Know
Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at BC Stats! We’re taking a break for the holidays. Our regular e-newsletter format will resume on January 3rd, 2017 and will include Infoline coverage from December 19th to 30th, 2016.

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Headlines
- B.C.'s population grew .5% since July.
- Manufacturing sales in B.C. dropped slightly in October.
- B.C. had 11, 562 impaired driving instances in 2015

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- Population Highlights
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- Consumer Price Index (CPI)
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