Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of October 22-26

Visitor Entries - International visitor entries to Canada through British Columbia increased (+0.6%, seasonally adjusted) in August, as the number of visitors from the U.S. continued to climb (+0.7%). The number of guests from overseas was also up (+0.5%), with more European (+0.3%), Asian (+0.5%), African (+1.1%) and South American (+20.7%) visitors coming to B.C.
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Food Services and Drinking Places - Receipts at food services and drinking places in B.C. continued to climb in August, increasing 0.8% (seasonally adjusted). Meanwhile, Canadian sales stalled (-0.1%), with six provinces posting declines.
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Wholesales Sales - Wholesale sales in the province rose 2.0% (seasonally adjusted) in August, reaching the highest level on record. Strong sales in three subsectors, miscellaneous (+6.9%), food, beverage and tobacco (+3.3%) and machinery, equipment and supplies (+2.3%), explained much of the increase.
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Non-Residential Building Investment - Investment in non-residential building construction in B.C. was up (+4.0%, seasonally adjusted) in the third quarter. Spending on new buildings declined in the industrial (-2.5%) sector, but increased in the institutional (+1.2%) and commercial (+6.6%) sectors.
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Current Surveys

• Baccalaureate Graduates Survey
  
• BC Hydro Workforce Profile Survey
• BC Public Service Exit Survey
• BC Public Service New Job Survey
  
• Canada-BC Job Grant Outcomes Survey
• FrontCounter BC Customer Satisfaction Survey
• Long Term Disability (LTD) Application Process Survey
• OCIO Client Satisfaction Survey
  
• Online Games Survey
• School District #72 (Campbell River) Employee Engagement Survey
  

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