Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of February 27 - March 3

Visitor Entries - Traveller entries to B.C. from the U.S. and overseas edged up 0.3% (seasonally adjusted) in December as entries from countries other than the U.S. picked up significantly (+1.4%).
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Bankruptcies - There were 324 bankruptcies filed by consumers in British Columbia in December, a 19.6% decline from the same month of 2015. Conversely, the number of business bankruptcies was notably higher (+33.3% to 20).
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Food Services and Drinking Places  - Receipts at the province’s food services and drinking places ended the year on a high note, climbing 0.6% (seasonally adjusted) in December.
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Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) - Prices for Canadian manufactured goods were 2.3% higher in January compared to the same month of 2016.
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - Canadian real GDP by industry at basic prices (seasonally adjusted) increased 0.3% in December. During the last half of 2016, GDP expanded in every month except October.
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Cancer Incidence - There were a total of 22,100 new cases of cancer diagnosed in British Columbia in 2014, a 7.7% decline compared to the previous year, making for a rate of 476 per 100,000 population. The rate for new cancer cases among men in the province decreased 9.9%, to 494, whereas the rate among women dropped 7.6%, to 458 per 100,000 population.
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Charitable Donations - Approximately 699,780 British Columbian taxpayers made a charitable donation during the 2015 tax year, a 0.7% increase over the previous year. This accounts for roughly 20% of B.C.’s total number of taxfilers, only slightly below the national average (21%).
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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.