Building on our progress, striving for excellence : External performance review, inter-provincial and international

In 2004, BC ranked ninth in social condition based on an average of its performance rankings for the percent of families and unattached individuals with income below the after-tax low income cut-off (LICO), the low birth weight rate, the personal and property crime rate, the percent of the population on income assistance, and the percent of total unemployment designated as long-term. [...] Supplemental US Comparisons The Progress Board has continued its supplemental comparisons of BC performance relative to the states of Washington, Oregon and California and the provinces of Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, where there is comparable cross-jurisdictional data. [...] The most recent year of data and the relevant rank are provided in brackets in the following list. [...] The benchmarking work of the BC Progress Board is the most comprehensive review available of the state of BC’s economy, innovation, education, environment, health and society perform- ance. [...] British Columbia’s position on the core economic targets and performance indicators ranges 3 BCPROGRESSBOARD Core Target 1: Economic Growth (Growth of Real GDP per Capita) – In 2005, BC ranked fourth among the provinces in level of real GDP per capita and second for the growth of real GDP per capita (2.4%, versus an average of 1.9% for all provinces).