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Publications (including data tables)

Profile of the British Columbia High Technology Sector--2008 Edition
[released October 1, 2008]

The profile report is a joint project of BC Stats, the Ministry of Technology, Trade and Economic Development and the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development.

• Full report 699k

Input Indicators of the British Columbia High Technology Sector--2008 Edition
[released October 16, 2008]

The indicators report is a joint project of BC Stats, the Ministry of Technology, Trade and Economic Development and the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development.

• Full report 633k

Data

• GDP and Employment data table.

Analytical Articles

Note that the definition used to measure high technology has changed over the years and some of the following articles used definitions that are now outdated.

• High Hopes for High Tech: BC's High Technology Sector in 2007 (Business Indicators, November 2008)
• BC's Trade in High Technology Goods (Exports, November 2008)
• BC's High Technology Sector in Context (Business Indicators, November 2007)
• Inputs and Outputs of BC's High Technology Sector (Business Indicators, May 2007)
• BC's High Tech Trade (Exports, May 2007)
• BC's High Technology Sector (Business Indicators, January 2006)
• High Technology's Rebound (Business Indicators, May 2005)
• The U.S. High Technology Sector (Business Indicators, March 2004)
• High Technology Update--Third Quarter 2003 (Exports, December 2003)
• The Lows of High Tech Trade (Exports, November 2003)
• High Technology Input Indicators (Business Indicators, December 2002)
• Trade in High Technology Goods and Services (Business Indicators, November 2002)
• Update on High Technology Input Indicators (Business Indicators, January 2002)
• British Columbia's High Tech Sector (Business Indicators, September 2001)
• Which BC Industries Qualify as High Tech? (Business Indicators, July 2001)
• International Trade in High Technology Goods and Services (Exports, July 2001)
• Economic Contribution of the BC High Technology Sector (Business Indicators, July 2000)
• High Technology Input Indicators, the 1990s (Business Indicators, June 2000)
• Update on High Technology Startups, 1994-1998 (Business Indicators, February 2000)
• The Lifecycle of High Technology Firms, 1991-1995 (Business Indicators, January 2000)
• The High Technology Sector (Business Indicators, August 1998)
• The British Columbia High Technology Sector, 1988-1995 (Business Indicators, June 1997)
• The British Columbia High Technology Sector, 1984-1994 (Business Indicators, April 1996)

High Technology Occupations

This series of papers examines the range of occupations within the high technology sector in BC, some (but not all) of which are defined as being "high technology occupations". Because these high technology occupations also exist in industries outside the high technology sector, the analysis also quantifies the number of high technology workers in other industries. The analysis uses data from the 1996 Census.

• "High Tech Jobs in the High Tech Sector?" (from Business Indicators, August 1999)
• "High Tech Jobs in the Low Tech Sector?" (from Business Indicators, October 1999)
• High Technology Occupations in British Columbia [August 1999]

Background reports   

• Defining the British Columbia High Technology Sector Using NAICS [Dec. 2001]
• The British Columbia High Technology Sector, Input/Output Analysis [Feb. 1996]
• Defining the High Technology / Knowledge Sector in British Columbia [Jan. 1996]