Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of March 4-8

Labour Force Statistics -The unemployment rate in British Columbia was 4.5% in February, down 0.2 percentage points from January and down 0.2 percentage points from 12 months ago. The labour force (+300) remained stable, while the number of jobs (+3,600) increased from January.
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Building Permits - The value of building permits decreased 24.3% (seasonally adjusted) in January from the previous month. There were decreases in permits for commercial (‑54.9%), institutional (‑53.1%), industrial (‑30.7%), and residential (‑4.3%) projects.
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Exports - The value of B.C. origin exports increased 7.3% from 2017 to 2018. There was a rise in exports to most of B.C.’s major trading partners, including the United States (+2.3%), Mainland China (+5.8%), Japan (+13.0%), South Korea (+2.2%), the European Union (+18.1%), India (+51.2%) and Taiwan (+37.5%).
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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
• Diversity and Inclusion Survey
  
• FrontCounter BC Customer Satisfaction Survey
• Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities Outcomes Survey
  
• Long Term Disability (LTD) Application Process Survey
• New Entrants to Agriculture
• School District No. 22 (Vernon) Employee Engagement
  

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