Monday, April 20, 2015

Top Places in BC for work

Last Thursday - the magazine VanCity Buzz, in partnership with CKNW, is looking at the topic of Putting BC to Work.  View the article here

The data they use comes from BC Business magazine which ranked 36 communities in BC on the following topics and their weight in the survey:

Income Growth - 30%
Average Household Income - 20%
Population Growth - 10%
Unemployment - 15%
Labour Participation - 10%
People with degrees - 10%
People taking transit - 5%

Local Communities - Williams Lake and Quesnel - were ranked as follows:

Williams Lake - #35

Income Growth - 11.26%
Average Household Income - $74,874
Population Growth - -4.87%
Unemployment - 11.51%
Labour Participation - 67.08%
People with degrees - 12.44%
People taking transit - 3.69%

Quesnel - #32

Income Growth - 11.40%
Average Household Income - $77,366
Population Growth - 1.06%
Unemployment - 12.07%
Labour Participation - 63.66%
People with degrees - 8.65%
People taking transit - 0.89%

Prince George ranked #27 while Kamloops ranked #22

The top 5 communities for work in BC are:

1) Fort St John
2) North Vancouver
3) Coquitlam
4) Burnaby
5) Dawson Creek

Read the full article here while Fort St John Mayor Lori Ackerman speaks to her community's #1 ranking here

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