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Labour market highlights

Find information on regional labour market changes and unemployment rates.

These publications are developed with data provided by Statistics Canada. Statistics Canada periodically applies standard revisions to estimates, and seasonally adjusted values from previous years may not reflect the most recent data available.

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Monthly labour force statistics

Find information on monthly unemployment rate and workforce changes, broken down by regions. Also information on changes in Alberta’s Aboriginal unemployment rate.

Highlights are available by 8 am on the day of the Labour Force Survey statistics release.

The Labour Force Survey release dates are:

  • January 5, 2024
  • February 9, 2024
  • March 8, 2024
  • April 5, 2024
  • May 10, 2024
  • June 7, 2024
  • July 5, 2024
  • August 9, 2024
  • September 6, 2024
  • October 11, 2024
  • November 8, 2024
  • December 6, 2024

The following statistics are available, sorted by month:

Labour Force Statistics, public package

  • Monthly comparison of labour force statistics (seasonally adjusted), including unemployment rates by region, major cities, age and gender, and employment rates by industry.

Alberta’s Labour Force Statistics highlights

  • Highlights of the current state of the Alberta labour market.

Indigenous Population Off-Reserve, public package

  • Provides detailed labour market statistics for off-reserve indigenous people.

Indigenous Population Off-Reserve, highlights

  • Highlights of the labour market conditions among indigenous peoples living off-reserves

Annual labour market review

Review previous year’s labour market developments in Alberta and its 8 economic regions.

Contact

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