THIS AND THAT
Highlights from
CPABC Regional Check-Up
All numbers are from 2014. Increases/decreases are in comparison to 2013 data.
WORKING:
8%
6%
4%
Provincial unemployment
rate was
6.1%
2%
(-0.5 percentage
points (ppt))
INVESTING:
Unemployment
0%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Value of capital
investment in BC:
$377 billion
Business bankruptcies
in BC increased by
5.8%
to 200 reports
LIVING:
BC’s real GDP
growth
rate was
2.4%
(+24%)
(+1.1 ppt)
Value of exports reached
almost
(+6.3%)
Educational Attainment:
68.1%
of BC’s labour
force has a post-secondary
certificate/diploma or
higher (+0.2 ppt)
#1
Only 3 of the 8
Development Regions
recorded positive job creation:
Cariboo, Southwest BC, and
Thompson-Okanagan
Southwest BC continues
to have the highest
educational attainment rate
$36 billion
Consumer Insolvencies:
3.0 per 1,000
adult population or
-6.3%
Population:
4.6 million
(+1.1%)
Data source: CPABC, Regional Check-Up 2015.
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