Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of March 6 - 10

Labour Force Statistics - The unemployment rate in British Columbia was 5.1% in February, down from 5.6% in January. The gain in employment relative to the previous month (+19,400) was much greater than the increase in the size of the labour force (+6,600).
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Price of New Housing - The cost of new housing in B.C.'s two largest metropolitan areas continued to climb in January. In Victoria, new housing prices jumped 5.5% over the same month of 2016, while homebuilders in the Vancouver area received 3.6% more for their projects.
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Housing Starts  - Urban housing starts (in centres with 10,000+ population) in the province began to bounce back in February, rising 6.8% (seasonally adjusted at annual rates) following a 32.9% drop-off in January. Nationally, the number of starts edged up 0.9% in February, with strong gains occurring in most of western Canada as well as Quebec (+21.5%).
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Labour Productivity - Workers in B.C. businesses earned $99.6 billion in wages, salaries and benefits during 2015, an increase of 4.5% over the previous year. This marked the first time since 2006 that labour income in the province has grown faster than the national average (+3.0% in 2015).
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Adult Criminal Court  - A total of 33,930 criminal cases appeared before adult courts in B.C. in 2014/15, down 7.7% from the previous year. Of the cases tried in B.C. in 2014/15, 72% resulted in a guilty verdict.
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Exports - The value of B.C. origin exports climbed 25.8% year-over-year from January 2016 to January 2017. There was strong growth to B.C.’s largest trading partner, the United States, at 21.5%.
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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
• Legal Services Society 2017 Work Environment Survey
  
• Long Term Disability (LTD) Application Process Survey
• Ministry of Finance Revenue Services Client Satisfaction Survey 2016/2017
• Office of the Auditor General 2017 Work Environment Survey
  
• SDSI LMAPD Monthly Survey 2016-17
• Service BC Citizen Satisfaction Survey 2016/2017
• Service BC Registries and Online Services Survey
  

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