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18.20% $109,748 6.34% 5.89% 81.18% 9.84% 0.32% 60.67
12.52% $128,689 7.33% 5.98% 65.84% 36.69% 14.71% 59.73
12.99% $93,377 12.83% 7.18% 66.88% 28.73% 17.05% 57.20
13.06% $81,353 11.06% 7.40% 64.69% 31.55% 28.07% 56.44
17.81% $83,174 7.5 0% 6.77% 72.02% 9.73% 0.95% 56.26
13.13% $77,420 12.38% 7.94% 69.44% 27.38% 28.04% 55.91
12.93% $106,627 11.83% 6.09% 69.42% 18.17% 3.57% 55.82
12.98% $86,322 10.57% 7.04% 62.64% 31.92% 18.07% 55.80
12.98% $94,202 15.36% 7.97% 67.25% 20.02% 12.75% 55.60
12.88% $87,262 4.54% 7.07% 66.71% 37.86% 29.74% 55.46
12.99% $95,208 12.30% 6.10% 70.39% 14.64% 13.53% 55.38
14.66% $95,102 11.28% 8.56% 73.74% 18.11% 3.77% 54.95
5-Year
income
groWTh (30%)
average
household
income (20%)
5-Year
populaTion
groWTh (10%)
unemploY-
menT (15%)
labour
parTicipaTion
(10%)
people WiTh
degrees (10%)
people
using
TransiT (5%)
having an impact on the roads, because:
(a) there are more people on the roads,
and (b) they don't know how to drive in
winter conditions.
"Also," she continues, "people come
up here and think they're all-knowing,
and they don't realize that we have a
very technically demanding industry.
Coming up here without any skills is not
the best thing to do. What we're look-
ing for are skilled workers." What sort of
jobs in particular? "I was told the other
day that if you're a welder, you've got a
job," she says. "And a Class-1 driver. And
instrumentation technicians, machin-
ists, power engineers. And I'll take 10
doctors and at least that many nurses,
thank you very much."
One sign of encouragement for where
things are headed, as far as Ackerman is
concerned, is the growing presence of
seniors in the community; the 65-plus
demographic grew 15 per cent in the
last census period, compared to overall
growth of about five per cent. "What
that is telling us is that people are build-
ing a life here—they're building a social
network here and they're staying here.
It's important for parents and grand-
parents to have their children and their
grandchildren around. Not everyone
gets to stay in their home community
and have that luxury."
score
(100%)
Category weights shown in brackets. Full methodology on p.55
ManageMent
7.14%
Science
6.73%
HeaLtH
3.67%
tRaDeS
19.96%
OtHeR
6.01%
BuSineSS/
Finance
12.25%
SaLeS/
SeRviceS
17.38%
gOveRnMent/
eDucatiOn/
ReLigiOn
6.17%
aRtS/
cuLtuRe/
SpORtS
1.28%
etc.
Where Fort St. John residents work
Data for residents over age 15 | Source: Environics Analytics, DemoStats 2014
