BC Stats Regional Industry Multipliers

The BC Stats Regional Industry Multipliers, derived from the BC Stats Input-Output Model, provide a transparent, standardized approach to estimate economic impacts of output and investments in B.C. They show how spending ripples through the economy via direct, indirect and induced effects.

On this page

• About the BC Stats Regional Industry Multipliers Workbook
• Getting started
• Resources
• Contact us 

About the BC Stats Regional Industry Multipliers Workbook

BC Stats Regional Industry Multipliers are presented in an Excel workbook, and support two types of analysis:

• Output multipliers estimate the impact of producing goods or services. For example, you can estimate the economic impacts associated with an increase in manufacturing, retail sales or professional services activity
• Capital expenditure (CAPEX) multipliers estimate the impacts of investment spending, such as construction projects, equipment purchases or investments in research and development

The workbook also has a Lookup tab that allows users to select a region, type of multiplier and industry, then displays the relevant multipliers in a table. Two lookup tables are available so users can compare different selections.

Please note: 

• The BC Stats Multipliers currently used in this workbook are based on 2022 data (the reference year) and reflect the structure of B.C.'s economy at that time
• Results are estimates and should not be used as precise forecasts
• The BC Stats Multipliers are subject to change due to methodology refinements

Learn more about the assumptions and limitations associated with the data in the About the BC Stats Multipliers tab.

Getting started

Use the BC Stats Regional Industry Multipliers (XLSX, 63.7MB)

The About the BC Stats Multipliers and How to use this workbook tabs in the workbook will provide more information about the tool and how to use it. 

Resources

Go to the BC Stats Regional Industry Multipliers landing page on the BC Data Catalogue for CSV files, or open the files directly:

• Output Multipliers machine readable data file (CSV, 56.1MB)
• Output Multipliers data dictionary (CSV, 5.1KB)
• Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) Multipliers machine readable data file (CSV, 42.2MB)
• Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) Multipliers data dictionary (CSV, 5.4KB)
• BC Stats Regional Industry Multipliers technical note (PDF, 289KB)

Contact us

Submit feedback, request more information or get help through the BC Stats request system.