Facts & Figures

A spinal cord injury (SCI) can happen to anyone at anytime. There are an estimated 12,000 people living with spinal cord injuries in BC, with 500 new injuries occurring each year.

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Social SCI

1072

members and peers living in communities throughout BC

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magazine
4,300
people received The Spin magazine
website
71,799
visits to our website
newsletter
975
subscribed to our Peer Newsletter
facebook 677 Facebook Fans                   53% are Women                             47% are Men

twitter
2,098
Twitter followers
youtubered
318
YouTube subscribers
youtubeviews
43,615
YouTube views

Questions Answered

Last year the SCI BC InfoLine service received 2,328 information requests. 1,484 were phone calls and 844 were sent by email.
WHO CONTACTED US?
13%Family/Friend
12%General Public
52%Person with SCI/Related Disability
23%Health Care Agency
TOP 5 REQUESTS     1. Housing     2. Equipment    3. Funding     4. Advocacy      5. Health

database
15,496

visits to our online SCI BC Database
(63,314 page views)

housing
3,001

visits to our SCI BC Housing Board
(34,060 page views)

jobboard
1,441

visits to our SCI BC Job Board
(5707 page views)

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3,615

visits to our SCI BC Swap & Shop
(95,377 page views)

From the time we meet people with new injuries, to the time they go home and adapt to their new lives, our peer and information services staff are always just a phone call away. (At 1-800-689-2477, in case you were wondering.)