B.C. has historically been a place many move to for employment opportunities and an active lifestyle, but that appears to no longer be the case.

Economic perspectives from the Business Council of British Columbia , which tracked interprovincial migration, found that out-migration of B.C. residents to other provinces surged to almost 70,000 people over the last few years.

The business council said this was a record level — by comparison, the next closest peaks in out-migration were 64,000 in 1998 and 65,000 in 1975.

Meanwhile, the report found that people moving to B.C. from across Canada dropped to around 55,0000, which is below the long-term average of around 62,000.

“What we heard repeatedly is people who are leaving are leaving by necessity and not by choice,” Braden McMillan with

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