Government of Alberta

This Seniors, Community and Social Services (SCSS) dataset describes the monthly Income Support caseload in Alberta, including two client groups: those Expected to Work (ETW) and those who have Barriers to Full Employment (BFE). Income Support provides financial benefits to individuals and...

This Seniors, Community and Social Services (SCSS) dataset describes the monthly Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) caseload in Alberta. The AISH program provides financial and health benefits to eligible adult Albertans with a permanent medical condition that prevents them from...

This collection of datasets provided by Seniors, Community and Social Services (SCSS) in both Excel and .csv format, contain aggregated data from 2013-2024, on the number of individuals accessing Adult Emergency Shelters funded by SCSS. Information contained in the data set includes: Date,...

The value of construction intentions for buildings in the non-residential and residential sectors. The data are obtained from a monthly survey of Canadian municipalities. For this indicator seasonally adjusted estimates are shown.

The number of people who are unemployed as a percentage of the active labour force (i.e. employed and unemployed).

This Alberta Official Statistic describes the Alberta Natural Gas Reference Price as an average Alberta gas plant price calculated using the purchase prices at the Alberta Market Hub on the Natural Gas Exchange (NGX). This price is used in the calculation of royalties. The Natural Gas Reference...

The number of people who worked for pay or profit, performed unpaid domestic work, or had a job but were not able to work due to legitimate absence

This Alberta Official Statistic describes preliminary monthly housing starts for Alberta's seven major urban centres (Calgary CMA, Edmonton CMA, Lethbridge CMA, Red Deer CMA, Medicine Hat CA, Wood Buffalo CA and Grande Prairie CA).

Construction of housing units in urban centres with a population of 10,000 and over. A housing unit is considered "started" when basement foundation construction begins.

This Alberta Official Statistic describes the average weekly earnings of all payroll employees in Alberta. Earnings include overtime and are seasonally adjusted (current dollars).

Provides statistics on the labour force, employment and unemployment by province

The number of Employment Insurance beneficiaries represents a count of persons who qualified for unemployment insurance benefits.

Average weekly earnings are derived by dividing total weekly earnings (including overtime earnings) by the number of employees. This data is compiled from the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours which is a business census of non-farm payroll employees.

Dollar value of sales of goods manufactured by Canadian establishments in the manufacturing sector. For this indicator seasonally adjusted estimates are shown, unless otherwise indicated.

Provides statistics on the labour force, employment and unemployment by economic region

Prices in US dollars per barrel of WCS oil and in Canadian dollars per gigajoule of natural gas.

This Alberta Official Statistic describes the monthly number of Albertans receiving Employment Insurance (EI) regular benefits. The number of beneficiaries represents a count of persons who qualified for employment insurance benefits during the Labour Force Survey reference week, usually...

This Alberta Official Statistic describes the monthly value of building permits in Alberta. Residential and Non-Residential are the two categories used in the analysis.

A position is considered "vacant" if it meets all three of the following conditions: a specific position exists; work could start within 30 days; and the employer is actively seeking employees from outside the organization to fill the position. Data is based on a three month moving average.

This Alberta Official Statistic compares the Consumer Price Index year-over-year for Canada and Alberta. The graph shows the CPI for all items as well as for 9 individual sectors such as Food, Shelter, Energy, etc.