According to statistics released Wednesday by Statscan, the number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the Abbotsford–Mission CMA dropped by 2.7% in February. Abbotsford-Mission was one of two of the…
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Lower Mainland Building Permits Surge From VRCA. – The total dollar value of building permits issued by municipalities in the Lower Mainland-Southwest Region jumped up 52% in February 2015, increasing…
Housing starts in Abbotsford-Mission rose by a dramatic 133 percent in March compared to with a total of 28 structures started compared to only 22 in March of 2013. The…
Again – Highest In Western Canada. While the national unemplyment rate remained unchanged at 6.8 percent and the economy created 29,000 part-time jobs, the local unemployment rate in the Abbotsford-Mission…
Manufacturing sales fell 1.7% in January, led by a price-induced decline of 11.9% in sales of petroleum and coal products. Lower sales of machinery, chemicals and primary metals also contributed to the…
Highest In Western Canada. The unemployment rate in the Abbotsford-Mission CMA rose, month-over-month from 6.5 percent in January to 6.8 percent in February. The local rate matches the overall unemployment rate for…
From VRCA. Abbotsford building permits declined 35% in January to $11.4 million. Non-residential building permits totalled $807 million for the month, down 69% from December, while residential permits dropped 29%…
Bucking the national trend housing starts ballooned by 424 percent in Abbotsford-Mission in February compared to February of 2013 as a result of 94 units started in Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) under the…
From the FVREB . In February, sales of all property types in the Fraser Valley increased by 21 per cent in one year with demand for two property types in particular – single…
A reminder of our painfully slow recession recovery. Despite the provincial government’s budget statement and reports of large percentage year-over-year increases in some employment sectors, the employment picture in BC is…