Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations Honourable Paul Ramsey, Minister	This electronic version is for informational purposes only. The printed version remains the official version.

Report H: SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES

TABLE H1
GENERAL ECONOMIC INDICATORS

			Unit or Base Period	1996	1997	1998	1999
Population and Labour Force:
	Population (July 1)		thousands	3,882	3,960	3,998	4,023
	Net In-migration		number	67,120	44,631	7,355	22,540e
		Interprovincial	number	17,798	1,980	(20,984)	(11,721)e
		International	number	49,322	42,651	28,339	34,261e
	Labour force		thousands	1,995	2,040	2,051	2,079
	Labour force participation rate*		per cent	65.7	65.6	64.9	65.1
		Male	per cent	72.9	72.2	71.2	71.2
		Female	per cent	58.6	59.1	58.8	59.2
	Employment		thousands	1,821	1,869	1,870	1,906
		Male	thousands	999	1,013	1,001	1,019
		Female	thousands	822	856	869	887
		Full-time	thousands	1,453	1,479	1,467	1,495
		Part-time	thousands	368	390	404	412
	Unemployment rate		per cent	8.7	8.4	8.8	8.3
		Male	per cent	8.8	8.7	9.8	9.0
		Female	per cent	8.5	8.0	7.7	7.5
Main Economic Indicators:
	Provincial gross domestic product		$ millions	108,034	111,126	110,948	114,480e
	Capital investment (new)		$ millions	18,775	21,807	20,055	20,335
	Retail sales		$ millions	32,071	33,736	33,045	33,653
	New motor vehicle sales		units	143,696	164,426	147,497	157,215
	Housing starts		dwelling units	27,641	29,351	19,931	16,309
	Building permits		$ millions	6,053	5,544	4,740	4,696
	Exports		$ millions	25,765	26,761	26,045	28,694
Incomes:
	Personal income		$ millions	91,626	94,085	95,575	97,091e
	Labour income		$ millions	58,406	60,505	60,904	62,250
	Average weekly earnings		$	607	611	618	625
Prices:
	Consumer price index, B.C. (urban)		1992=100	108.9	109.7	110.0	111.2
	Consumer price index, Vancouver		1992=100	109.2	109.8	110.4	111.4
	Consumer price index, Victoria		1992=100	108.7	109.7	110.0	111.1
	Industrial product price index, Canada		1992=100	118.6	119.5	119.4	121.6
	B.C. export commodity price index ($ Cdn.)		1992=100	138.2	140.8	131.0	141.1
Financial Indicators:
	Business incorporations		number	22,848	22,958	20,759	21,009
	Business bankruptcies		number	948	895	1,031	1,110e
	Bloomberg B.C. Stock Index, annual close		Dec. 30, 1994 =100	n.a.	n.a.	107.4	121.9
	Personal savings deposits at chartered banks		$ millions	42,724	41,846	40,557	41,505e
	Personal loans outstanding at chartered banks		$ millions	12,535	13,741	13,296	14,403e
Sector Indicators:
	Manufacturing shipments		$ millions	34,096	34,583	33,890	37,008
	Timber scaled		thousand cubic metres	75,213	68,628	64,967	75,997
	Lumber production		thousand cubic metres	32,671	31,562	30,237	31,832
	Pulp and paper production		thousand tonnes	7,287	7,096	7,076	7,985
	Gross value of mineral production		$ millions	3,087	3,132	3,026	2,593e
	Petroleum and natural gas production		$ millions	1,258	1,571	1,527	1,889e
	Electric power generation (net)		million kilowatt hours	71,747	66,693	66,763	67,539
	Farm cash receipts		$ millions	1,710	1,756	1,813	1,948
	Foreign visitors		thousands	6,907	7,323	7,845	8,269
Regional Data:
	Housing Starts
		Vancouver	units	15,453	15,950	11,878	8,677
		Victoria		1,142	1,311	964	1,340
		Abbotsford		865	871	536	566
		Chilliwack		396	621	356	201
		Courtenay		517	488	277	157
		Kamloops		555	543	380	294
		Kelowna		1,406	1,741	851	880
		Nanaimo		887	821	479	461
		Prince George		441	402	273	166
		Campbell River		419	336	132	67
		Vernon		400	346	333	335
		Duncan		383	242	175	92
		Penticton		272	223	265	154
				Employment (persons)		Unemployment Rate (%)
				1998	1999	1998	1999
	Labour Markets
		Greater Vancouver		979,600	1,005,400	8.1	7.8
		Greater Victoria		146,600	154,200	8.7	6.7
		Vancouver Island/Coast		315,700	329,100	9.6	8.0
		Mainland/Southwest		1,113,400	1,140,100	8.1	7.8
		Thompson-Okanagan		208,200	207,100	8.2	9.7
		Kootenay		70,600	69,500	11.8	9.0
		Cariboo		83,300	82,900	14.5	11.6
		North Coast and Nechako		47,400	46,700	9.5	8.8
		Northeast		31,700	30,800	4.0	8.9
e: estimates. * Per cent of the working-age population in the labour force. Sources: Statistics Canada, Bank of Canada, Government of British Columbia, other federal and provincial agencies and industry associations.