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12.00% $75,529 4.19% 9.49% 60.39% 11.95% 5.67% 42.15
12.20% $70,673 5.58% 8.94% 40.43% 18.04% 1.56% 42.02
11.03% $83,244 1.45% 9.96% 70.01% 14.17% 2.40% 40.71
10.61% $73,433 2.08% 8.23% 57.16% 14.94% 2.21% 40.00
11.69% $69,249 0.28% 8.44% 57.61% 12.26% 1.05% 39.48
11.10% $76,083 0.13% 9.16% 59.66% 15.57% 2.14% 39.46
12.83% $64,484 -0.78% 10.44% 53.87% 8.45% 2.75% 37.22
11.40% $77,366 1.06% 12.07% 63.66% 8.65% 0.89% 36.48
10.28% $67,695 -2.34% 7.63% 51.97% 12.82% 2.19% 36.37
7.87% $72,217 0.09% 8.10% 65.87% 13.54% 1.76% 35.44
11.26% $74,874 -4.87% 11.51% 67.08% 12.44% 3.69% 35.00
9.92% $75,617 -1.06% 14.58% 67.24% 14.81% 4.00% 32.42
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%)
score
(100%)
Category weights shown in brackets. Full methodology on p.55
Where Terrace residents work
SaLeS/
SeRviceS
19.45%
BuSineSS/
Finance
7.75%
Science
3.30%
gOveRnMent/
eDucatiOn/
ReLigiOn
8.49%
aRtS/
cuLtuRe/
SpORtS
0.92%
HeaLtH
4.16%
tRaDeS
12.10%
ManageMent
4.50%
OtHeR
3.26%
etc.
Data for residents over age 15 | Source: Environics Analytics, DemoStats 2014
$3.3-billion project has brought hun-
dreds of well-paid workers into the
region who are buying up houses, trucks
and restaurant meals. Shaben, also
president of the local chamber of com-
merce, says that while some retailers are
complaining they're not yet feeling the
impact, she thinks she knows why: "The
reason is that they're a bit specialized,
maybe targeted more to females. We
don't really have the families moving up
here yet. But that will come."
Going forward, the challenge will be
keeping the skilled tradespeople from
the Alcan project in the region. "There's
going to be a bit of lull between when
that project ends and the
LNG projects
begin," says Shaben. As part of an effort
to diversify its economy, Terrace has
also recently built the Skeena Industrial
Development Park; a deal with a Chi-
nese company to bring an alfalfa protein
extraction facility—and some 170 skilled
jobs—to the site was expected to close by
the end of 2014.
"Back when I was a kid, we were a
logging town—that's all we were," says
Shaben, a Terrace resident since 1967.
"We had beehive burners right in the
middle of town. You'd constantly have
to dust because you'd open the doors
and all the soot would come in. Things
sure have changed."
