Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of July 9-13

Crime - To date (as of June 30, 2018), the National DNA Data Bank has assisted in 51,254 criminal investigations. Cases involving breaking and entering (24,323), sexual assault (5,688), and armed robbery (5,667) accounted for the largest number of investigations assisted with information contained in the Data Bank.
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Housing Starts - Housing starts in urban areas (areas with population of at least 10,000) in British Columbia fell by 15.5% (seasonally adjusted at annual rates) in June compared to May, making B.C. one of the three provinces that registered decreases in the month.
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Price of New Housing - Relative to the same month of 2017, the cost of new housing in B.C. continued to climb in May, rising by 4.4%, the largest increase among provinces. Vancouver (+4.8%) reported the second largest price increase among all surveyed census metropolitan areas.
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Current Surveys

• BC Apprenticeship Discontinuers Survey
• BC Assessment Employee Engagement Pulse Survey
  
• B.C. Cannabis Use Survey
  
• BC Hydro Workforce Profile Survey
• BC Public Service Exit 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
• New Job Survey
• Online Games Survey
  
• School District #62 (Sooke) Work Environment Survey
• Social Development and Poverty Reduction (SDPR) LMAPD Monthly Survey
• Survey on Skills, Competencies and Characteristics for Future Workforce

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