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Edition: March 6, 2017
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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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Consumer bankruptcies in B.C. dipped 19.6% in December from December of 2015.
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Did You Know
86% of British Columbians agree that land owners have a moral obligation to not harm endangered plants and animals on their property.
Source: Ipsos Canada

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- The number of international visitors to B.C. jumped 10.8% in 2016.
- Canadian GDP climbed 0.3% in December.
- Nearly 700,000 British Columbians made a charitable donation in 2015.

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