Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of May 27-31

Gross Domestic Product - Canadian real GDP by industry at basic prices advanced 0.5% in March, following a 0.2% decline in the previous month. The goods-producing industries expanded 0.7%. The increase in mining, quarrying, and oil & gas extraction (+2.0%), manufacturing (+0.9%) and construction (+0.5%) offset the decline in utilities (-1.8%) and agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (-0.3%).
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Average Weekly Earnings - Average weekly earnings of payroll employees in British Columbia were $985.00 in March (seasonally adjusted, current dollars), $11.58 more than in the previous month (+1.2%). Nationally, employee wages averaged $1,016.41, a rise of 0.8% over February.
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Food Services and Drinking Places - Receipts at food services and drinking places in B.C. were up 1.4% (seasonally adjusted) in March, more than rebounding from a slowdown recorded in February (-0.7%). Canadian establishments also saw receipts climb in March (+1.2%), as revenues were up in nine provinces, including Quebec (+1.0%) and Ontario (+0.9%).
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Current Surveys

• BC Assessment Employee Engagement
  
• 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
• Canada-BC Job Grant Outcomes Survey
• FrontCounter BC Customer Satisfaction Survey
• Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities Outcomes Survey
  
• Long Term Disability (LTD) Application Process Survey
• OPCC Work Environment
• WES Pulse Check
• Workforce Development Agreement Outcomes
• Workforce Development Agreement Employer Outcomes
  

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