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INVEST in BC 2 0 2 3 19 Official Publication of the BC Economic Development Association. In special partnership with BCBusiness. REGIONAL POPULATION 3,319,499 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.2% TOP EMPLOYERS BY INDUSTRY Health care & social assistance 12.8% Retail trade 11.9% Professional, scientific & technical services 11.2% FORECAST EMPLOYMENT GROWTH, 2022-32 255,600 BUILDING PERMIT VALUES (2022) $17.4 BILLION HOUSING STARTS (2021) 28,756 VALUE OF MAJOR PROJECTS PLANNED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION (Q3 2022) $104.8 BILLION BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (2022) 39,922 ENHANCED MOBILITY: The $2.8-billion Broadway Subway project in Vancouver, currently under construction, is part of a plan to extend the SkyTrain rapid transit system to UBC L O W E R M A I N L A N D / S O U T H W E S T FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: ISTOCK ; CHILLIWACK ECONOMIC PARTNERS CORPORATION; TOP: B.C. MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SOURCES: B.C. L ABOUR MARKET OUTLOOK , STATISTICS CANADA AND B.C. STATS.