Government of Alberta

The Canadian Spatial Reference System (CSRS) derivation of the North American Datum 1983 (NAD83) was first implemented for Alberta Survey Control Markers (ASCMs) in 1999. Since then, Alberta has undertaken three provincial readjustments of the Alberta Survey Control network culminating in the...

This Alberta Official Statistic compares the unemployment rates of Canada and the ten provinces from 1976 to 2014. The unemployment rate is a measure of the proportion of people in the labour force who are unemployed. The labour force includes individuals 15 years and over who are employed or...

This Alberta Official Statistic compares the family size of Canadian Census families in all provinces and territories for the 2011 Census year. A census family refers to a married couple (with or without children of either and/or both spouses), a common-law couple (with or without children of...

This Alberta Official Statistic describes Language Used Most Often at Work for Alberta and the Calgary and Edmonton CMAs based on the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS). Percentages are calculated for the population aged 15 years and over who worked since 2010.

This Alberta Official Statistic describes the proportion of immigrants that reside in each of the eight Alberta economic regions based on the 2011 National Household Survey. Canada is a multicultural society whose ethnocultural make-up has been shaped over time by immigrants and their...

In order to facilitate user needs working with coordinate data referenced to different reference frames, Geodetic Control has developed transformation grids to allow users to accurately transform 2-dimensional coordinate data from one reference frame to another. This fact sheet reviews the two...

This Alberta Official Statistic compares the infant mortality rate across all five Alberta Health Services Continuum Zones for the combined years 2011 to 2014. The infant mortality rates are broken down by neonatal mortality (deaths occurring prior to 28 days) and post-neonatal mortality (deaths...

This document describes the contents of an excel format spreadsheet for 32,971 published ASCMs. The coordinate and elevation information for these ASCMs are based on the NAD83V7.0.0.AB.1 provincial readjustment of the Alberta Survey Control network. As a result, the geographic coordinate data is...

This Alberta Official Statistic describes the types of disabilities among Albertans aged 15 and over by sex for 2012. Ten “disability types” are included: Developmental, Dexterity, Flexibility, Hearing, Learning, Memory, Psychological, Mobility, Pain, Seeing, plus an “Unknown” category. Within...

This Alberta Official Statistic shows the person-visits and tourism expenditures in Alberta from 2012 to 2013. Visitor statistics are based on Statistics Canada’s Travel Survey of Residents of Canada and International Travel Survey

This Alberta Official Statistic describes the volunteer rates of adult Albertans with organizations for the period 2009‑2010 to 2014‑2015. The results are based on an annual province‑wide telephone survey of 1,000 adult Albertans who were asked whether they did any volunteer work in a variety of...

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...

This Alberta Official Statistic describes types of disabilities among Albertans and Canadians aged 15+ by age group and sex for 2012. The data are divided into five age group categories (15-24, 24-44, 45-64, 65-74 and 75+) and are split up into males and females.

This Alberta Official Statistic uses a 5-year extended Facility Condition Index (FCI) value to report the physical condition of government owned or supported facilities. The FCI was adopted as a common measure to enhance reporting by enabling the Ministry of Infrastructure to compare condition...

This Alberta Official Statistic describes the Program Completion values in relation to instances where students complete an approved credential program (Certificates, Diplomas and Degrees) within Alberta's Publicly Funded Post-Secondary Education System. This dataset provides the breakdowns of...

This Alberta Official Statistic describes the Crime Severity Index for Canada and Provinces, 1998 to 2014. Crime Severity Index is a measure of the seriousness of police-reported crime. It covers all Criminal Code violations including traffic, as well as drug violations and violations of all...

This Alberta Official Statistic presents food manufacturing sales and employed labour force in food manufacturing industries for Alberta. Preliminary estimates for 2014 indicate that Alberta food processing industries generated a record $12.7 billion in sales, an increase of 10.1% over the...

This Alberta Official Statistic describes the Unique Student measure in relation to the number of students attending an approved program at a publicly funded post-secondary institution. The values in each row are related to the unique students at that level, and adding multiple values may lead to...

This Alberta Official Statistic describes Knowledge of Official Languages for Alberta and the Calgary and Edmonton CMAs based on the 2011 Census. Knowledge of official languages refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in English only, in French only, in both English and French, or...

Alberta Survey Control Marker (ASCM) data is available for three reference frames: The North American Datum of 1927 (NAD27), the original derivation of the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83(Original)), and the Canadian Spatial Reference System (CSRS) derivation of NAD83 (NAD83(CSRS)). This fact...