2017 Finance Annual Report

Unemployment Rates*

STATISTICAL REVIEW

Unemployment Rates (as of December 2017)

Source: BC Stats

8%

6%

4%

2%

0%

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Metro Vancouver*

British Columbia

*Metro Vancouver includes Anmore, Belcarra, Bowen Island, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley (City and District), Lions Bay, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver (City and District), Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver, West Vancouver, White Rock, and Electoral Area A.

Full Time Equivalent* Employees (as of December 31, 2017)

Source: Corporate Services Department

3,000

2,500

2,698

2,615

2,455

2,366

2,349

2,000

1,500

1,000

500

0

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

*Full-time equivalent (FTE) is a term expressing the amount of time for which a position has been budgeted in relation to the amount of time a regular full-time employee normally works in a year. Most full-time employees (1.00FTE) are paid either 1,820 or 1,950 hours in a year, depending on their staffing position requirements.

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