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Our Region
Northern British Columbia comprises seven regional districts and 27 communities with a total population of 315,000. The population is educated, culturally diverse, young and highly productive.
Our region generates 35% of British Columbia's resource extraction and primary processing exports; these exports contribute $14 billion annually to the provincial economy. The manufacturing labour force of nearly 25,000 comprises nearly half of the labour force involved in goods production. More than 100,000 workers are employed in the service sector, including more than 25,000 in wholesale and retail trade and 12,000 in transportation and warehousing.
The transportation corridor is linked by Highways 16 and 97 and CN Rail, all of which provide quick and efficient access to major continental markets. The US Midwest region alone has a population of 66 million. There are twenty major cities with a combined GDP of $US1.5 trillion in the catchment area that parallels CN's rail system through the Mississippi corridor to New Orleans.
| POPULATION | 314,771 |
| Immigrant | 30,870 |
| Chinese | 2,130 |
| Southeast Asian | 5,790 |
| Korean | 300 |
| Japanese | 545 |
| Population density (per sq. km) | 0.6 persons |
| % population under 40 years of age | 53% |
| EDUCATION | |
| People with post-secondary certificate, diploma, degree | 103,670 |
| Architecture, engineering & related technologies | 31,145 |
| Business, management & public administration | 18,440 |
| Health, parks, recreation & fitness | 14,245 |
| Education | 9,340 |
| Personal, protective & transportation services | 7,575 |
| Social and behavioural sciences, law | 6,710 |
| Agriculture, natural resources & conservation | 6,510 |
| LABOUR FORCE (People employed) | 162,000 |
| Wholesale/retail | 25,200 |
| Manufacturing | 23,600 |
| Health care & social assistance | 15,400 |
| Forestry, fishing, mining, oil & gas | 14,700 |
| Construction | 11,400 |
| Transportation & warehousing | 11,300 |
| Accommodation & food service | 10,800 |
| Education services | 10,100 |
| EXPORTS | $13.6 BILLION (CDN) |
| MANUFACTURING | |
| Approx. number of companies | 200 |
| Annual sales | $2.6 BILLION (CDN) |
| NUMBER OF BUSINESSES | 26,777 |
| Transportation & warehousing | 2,460 |
| Construction | 3,266 |
| Professional, scientific & technical services | 2,054 |
| Real estate, rental & leasing | 1,737 |
| Retail trade | 2,259 |
OUR REGION | NORTHERN CORRIDOR | REGIONAL DATA | TEAM NORTHERN BC
