Final report - Integrated Land Management Bureau

Indicator D17: Number of jobs in forestry and wood processing per cubic meter
harvested in plan area
Rationale: Increased number of jobs per cubic meter indicates greater economic
utility of the resource (value added).
Data Source: Amount harvested available from Ministry of Forests and Range
by district. Job information available from Statistics Canada using the North
American Industrial Classification System by Census Subdivision.
Desired direction: Increased number of jobs per cubic meter.
Indicator D18: Annual resource revenues to First Nations, compared with revenues to
province
Rationale: Resource revenues to First Nation communities lead to economic and
social development. Comparing revenues to First Nations’ community to the
revenue received by the Province provides a gauge for the volume of resource
revenues being extracted by the province from resources in the plan areas.
Data source: Available from band administrative offices. Provincial revenue
data available from provincial agencies such as Forests and Range, Energy,
Mines, and Petroleum.
Desired direction: Increased resource revenues to First Nations, and increased
annual resource revenues to First Nations, compared with revenues to province.
Indicator D19: Average income per tax filer and average family income
Rationale: Income per tax filer and average family income are indicators of
formal sector income, which is one indicator of economic health. Increasing
numbers of First Nations members living on reserve are filing taxes because of
child credit incentives. Does not include non-formal income sources.
Data source: BC Stats (tax filer data)
Desired direction: Increased income per tax filer and average family income
Table 15 Average family incomes in Central Coast Regional District, 2000
Average family income Central Coast RD BC
All census families $43,630 $64,821
Couple families $49,544 $70,033
Male lone-parent families $19,348 $47,480
Female lone-parent families $23,402 $33,829
source: B.C. Stats
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