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Staff turnover fell

Turnover fell from 11.2% in 2022 to 5.2% in 2025, the lowest rate since 2016 and the second-lowest published rate in the series.

2012-2025 / percent · Permanent staff turnover (%)

5.2%2025 · Turnover rate
0%7.5%15%201220182025

Dotted line: October 2022 election (2022).

Sources & methods

The council bands show who was in office, not who caused the result. Labour markets, retirements, management, restructuring and workplace conditions can all move turnover.

YearTurnover rate
201213%
20136%
20147%
20156%
20164%
20178%
20189%
20196%
20206%
202111%
202211.2%
202310%
20248.6%
20255.2%

Method notes

  • Comparable annual turnover rates were not found in the City's public reports before 2012. Earlier years remain blank, not zero.
  • Before 2014, B.C. municipal terms were three years. Election years are assigned to the council in office for most of that calendar year.
  • The October 2022 election is marked without treating all of 2022 as the work of the current Council.
  • The City later restated the 2014 and 2015 figures to 7% and 6% respectively.

What should be measured next: Keep publishing turnover, vacancies and employee feedback together, then watch whether lower churn produces faster and more predictable delivery.