Final report - Integrated Land Management Bureau

very few other commercial accommodation providers in other parts of the region.
Therefore Prince Rupert data could be used as a proxy for approximately 90% -
95% of the accommodation revenue in the region. The place where the data for
both the North and Central Coast falls short is the accommodation related to
fishing and other remote lodges that might be recorded as accommodation in the
region where the lodge is registered. Better information is available through BC
Stats where a specific data run is purchased for lodges and their respective
accommodation revenues. A budget of $500 is recommended for a special run for
this data.
Desired direction: Increased tourism room revenue.
Number and diversity of new businesses
Indicator D7: Number of businesses and employment per employer in each of the key
basic and non-basic sectors
Rationale: Obtaining the number of businesses in the two plan areas will provide
an indicator of the growth in commercial activity in the region. The formal
mechanism of counting the number of incorporated companies is currently poor
since the location of many companies is recorded as the location of the company’s
legal advisor which is often outside the rural communities (particularly in the
Central Coast).
Data Source: Information on the number of businesses is recorded annually by
the regional district from those companies that submit payroll remittances to
CRA, or have a minimum of $30,000 in annual sales or are incorporated. The data
are available through BC Stats at
http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/bus_stat/busind/sm_bus/bus_est.pdf . The data
do not account for small unincorporated companies with sales of less than
$30,000. The Central Coast Regional District boundary matches the Central Coast
plan area but the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District boundaries do not
coincide with the North Coast plan area boundaries. An annual survey of
businesses is recommended to deal with boundary overlay issues and with the
recognized businesses with declared incomes of less than $30,000 annually.
Desired direction: Increase in the number of businesses and employment per
employer in each of the key basic and non-basic sectors
Workers who are permanent residents
Indicator D8: Number and percent of workers in the plan area who are permanent
residents.
Rationale: Increasing the economic and social viability of communities requires
workers to be resident as both their expenditures of financial resources and time
resources contributes significantly to economic activities and social capital in the
plan areas.
Data Source: Obtain a count of all workers, both resident and non-resident,
through an annual employment survey by including a question in the survey on
residence of workers.
Desired direction: Increased number and percent of workers in the plan area who
are permanent residents.
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