C A R I B O O
REGIONAL
POPULATION
173,049
UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE (MAY 2025)
6.9%
TOP EMPLOYERS BY
INDUSTRY (2023)
Health care &
social assistance
16.2%
Retail trade
12%
Manufacturing
10.7%
FORECAST
EMPLOYMENT
GROWTH, 2024-34
2,800
BUILDING PERMIT
VALUES (2024)
$428.7
MILLION
HOUSING STARTS
(2024)
696
VALUE OF MAJOR
PROJECTS PLANNED
OR UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
(Q4 2024)
$14.5
BILLION
BUSINESS
INCORPORATIONS
(2024)
754
SOURCES: B.C. L ABOUR
MARKET OUTLOOK , STATISTICS
CANADA AND B.C. STATS.
INVEST in BC 2 0 2 5 47 Official Publication of the BC Economic Development Association in special partnership with BCBusiness.
TOP
LEFT,
CLOCKWISE:
BUNLEE/SHUT
TERSTOCK
;
NORTHERN
BC
TOURISM/ANDREW
STRAIN;
ARTEMIS
GOLD
