Research Archive | Vancouver Economic Commission

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Vancouver Cross-Border Investment Guide

research / Capital, High Impact Investment

Essential legal, tax and market information for cross-border investment into Vancouver, Canada

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Vancouver Economy Report Winter 2023

research / Resilience, Tech

Film & TV Production in Vancouver - Film crew working on a TV project in the forest

Film Industry in BC Annual Spend

research / Digital Entertainment

BC’s film industry has more than doubled in size since 2015, spending $4.9 billion in the 2022 calendar year

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Reducing Barriers to Purchasing Zero-Emissions Commercial Vehicles

research / Green Economy

This report aims to assess existing Canadian policies driving the purchasing zero-emissions commercial vehicles (ZEVs) among businesses.

A woman running maintenance on an HVAC unit.

Diversity in HVAC Industry Occupations

research / Entrepreneurship & Industry Support, Green Economy, From Our Peers

The report outlines current and projected labour pool gaps, plus the results from BCCWITT’s labour market and industry survey.

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Vancouver Economy Report Summer 2023

research / Tech, High Impact Investment

This edition explores new indicators for economic health and takes a look at key industry drivers like the tech sector and venture capital.

Vancouver’s Global Competitiveness for ESG Investment

research / Green Economy, High Impact Investment

This study uses ESG metrics to assess the competitiveness of Vancouver’s economy against comparable cities around the world.

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What is Advanced Air Mobility?

research / Tech

This report is a guide to Vancouver and BC’s existing advanced air mobility clusters and the potential next steps necessary for its takeoff in the r ...

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Vancouver Economy Report Spring 2023

research / Green Economy, Resilience, High Impact Investment

This edition explores select markers that speak to the health of the economy, including employment, storefront businesses, and international trade.

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The Winter 2022/23 Vancouver Economy Report features the Film and TV sector. Pictured: a film camera in an outdoor set with the film crew in the background

Vancouver Economy Report Winter 2022/23

research / Film & TV, Green Economy, Resilience

Meet some local changemakers and explore how even traditional, successful industries can transform to provide communities with greater benefits.

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Beyond GDP

research / Resilience

VEC's proposed Beyond GDP framework promotes a more holistic view of measuring Vancouver's economic success.

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Vancouver Economy Report Summer 2022

research / Resilience, Green Economy

In this economy report issue, we look at our city and region as a connected, vibrant system. Download the report today!

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Vancouver Economy Report Spring 2022

research / Resilience, Tech

The Spring 2022 edition features new metrics, the artificial intelligence sector and a look into Vancouver's thriving apparel industry.

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What are carbon markets? An example of an electric bus being charged at a charging station

Carbon Markets in BC

research / Green Economy, Resilience

This report is a guide to leveraging carbon markets and carbon offsetting to decarbonize British Columbia in the post post-Paris Agreement world.

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Vancouver Economy Report October 2021 theme is Climate Emergency and the Just Transition

Vancouver Economy Report Fall 2021

research / Resilience, Green Economy, Digital Entertainment

The Fall 2021 edition of features cleantech, VFX and animation, carbon markets and the Just Transition.

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A construction worker in an industry with some of the largest emissions in vancouver, a candidate for the just transition in vancouver

Best Practices for a Just Transition in Vancouver

research / Resilience, Green Economy

This report features a high-level definition of what a just transition could mean for Vancouver.

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A woman in a circular economy of food farmers market serves a young couple some organic vegetables

A “Right to Food” Framework for a Just Circular Economy of Food

research / Green Economy, Impact

A “Right to Food” Framework for Tackling Food Waste and Achieving a Just Circular Economy of Food in Vancouver, British Columbia

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A construction worker walks with a tool box in a retrofit construction project

Sustainable Mortgage-backed Securities and Retrofit Financing

research / Green Economy

The research provides a background on the framework, along with examples of the uses and challenges of MBS in a sustainability context.

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The City of Vancouver skyline showing false creek, downtown and the mountains

Vancouver Economy Report

research / Resilience

A data-driven look into Vancouver’s economic performance, delivered to your inbox three times a year

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A Vancouver man going about his day-t-day life stands in front of a skytrain that is moving quickly.

Vancouver Economy Report June 2021

research / Resilience, Green Economy, Tech

An open invitation to embed economic development into our everyday thinking -- and a primer on economic reconciliation

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