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Average Rents — Edmonton vs Calgary
Average 1-bed and 2-bed rents compared between Edmonton and Calgary.
Alberta Unemployment Rate
Monthly unemployment rate for Alberta from the Labour Force Survey.
Job Bank Postings in Alberta
Number of job postings on the Government of Canada's Job Bank website in Alberta each month, across all occupations, from January 2023. The count includes postings shared by partner job boards. Job Bank is one job board among many, so this counts postings there, not all vacancies in the province.
Housing Starts — Edmonton vs Calgary
Monthly housing starts compared between Edmonton and Calgary CMAs.
Alberta CPI (All Items)
Consumer price index for Alberta — tracks inflation across goods and services.
Alberta Population
Alberta's total population estimate on the first day of each quarter, from Statistics Canada's quarterly demographic estimates.
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Economy
65 chartsFrom Statistics Canada (28), Bank of Canada (12), Canada Energy Regulator (8) and 12 more publishers.
Energy
BoC Energy Commodity Price Index
Bank of Canada's energy commodity price index tracking oil, gas, and coal prices over 20 years.
BoC All Commodities Index
Broad commodity price index from Bank of Canada covering energy, metals, agriculture, and forestry.
Energy Price vs CAD/USD
Dual-axis comparison of energy commodity prices against the Canadian dollar exchange rate.
Non-Energy Commodity Index
Bank of Canada index for non-energy commodities — agriculture, metals, forestry.
Alberta Mining/Oil & Gas GDP
GDP of Alberta's mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector, in chained (2017) dollars.
Alberta Construction GDP
GDP of Alberta's construction sector, in chained (2017) dollars.
CAD/USD Exchange Rate
US dollars per Canadian dollar, Bank of Canada daily rate — a key variable for Alberta's export-driven economy.
WTI Crude Oil Spot Price
Daily West Texas Intermediate spot price at Cushing, Oklahoma, in US dollars per barrel — the benchmark Alberta production is priced against.
Brent Crude Oil Spot Price
Monthly average Europe Brent spot price FOB, in US dollars per barrel — the global light-crude benchmark WTI trades relative to.
U.S. Crude Oil Field Production (thousand barrels per day)
Average daily crude oil production in the United States each month, in thousands of barrels per day, as the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports it.
Canadian Crude Oil Exports by Destination
Annual average daily crude oil exports from Canada by receiving PADD region, in barrels per day. Canada-wide — the source has no origin-province breakdown, so this is not an Alberta figure.
Canadian Crude Oil Exports by Type
Monthly average daily crude oil exports from Canada by grade — light, medium, heavy — in barrels per day. Canada-wide, all origin provinces combined.
Oil Pipeline Apportionment — Trans Mountain, Keystone and Cochin
The percentage by which each shipper's requested volume was cut in a month because total requests exceeded what the pipeline could carry, as the operators report it to the Canada Energy Regulator. Zero means every request was accepted. Shippers often request far more space than they expect to use, so a high figure means demand for space was heavy, not that the pipeline ran near empty. Enbridge's Mainline reports at many points along the system and has its own chart, measured differently. Cochin carries diluent into Alberta rather than crude out of it.
Enbridge Mainline — Share of Requested Volume Not Accepted
Each month, the share of the oil that shippers asked to move on Enbridge's Canadian Mainline that Enbridge did not accept because the system was full, computed from the original and accepted nominations Enbridge reports to the Canada Energy Regulator. Starts in January 2016, the first month both figures are published. Shippers often request more space than they expect to use, so a high figure means demand for space was heavy, not that the line ran near empty. It is a whole-system figure: cuts on individual lines can be deeper. For January to September 2017 CER also published its own percentage for the system, and it ran higher — 33% against 18% for January 2017.
Oil Pipeline Throughput — Enbridge Mainline, Trans Mountain and Keystone
Average daily volume each pipeline moved in a month, in thousand cubic metres per day as the Canada Energy Regulator publishes it (one thousand cubic metres is about 6,290 barrels). Enbridge's Mainline is measured at Gretna, Manitoba, where it crosses into the United States, and includes a small volume of US crude that joins the line in Saskatchewan. Trans Mountain is the sum of its deliveries at Burnaby, Westridge and Sumas. Keystone is measured at the border near Haskett, Manitoba, from July 2010. Capacity and utilization are left out for all three lines. Keystone and Enbridge at Gretna do publish capacity at the points charted, but Trans Mountain publishes its capacity only for the system as a whole, on a row with no throughput (143.0 thousand m³/d available in June 2026, against 137.6 delivered), so its delivery points carry no capacity of their own and the three lines could not be compared on one basis.
Alberta Crude Oil Production by Type (thousand barrels per day)
Alberta's crude oil production each month, in thousands of barrels per day, stacked by type: upgraded bitumen (synthetic crude), non-upgraded bitumen, conventional light and medium, conventional heavy, and condensate with pentanes plus. Statistics Canada's monthly supply and disposition table from 2016 to its latest release; the Canada Energy Regulator's per-day restatement of the same figures before 2016.
Alberta Resource Revenue by Source, 1970 to Today
What the Alberta government has collected from non-renewable resources each fiscal year since 1970/71, by source: oil sands, conventional oil and natural gas royalties, bonuses and sales of Crown leases, rentals and fees, and coal, in $ millions. Fiscal years run April to March. Alberta Energy and Minerals' historical royalty revenue workbook: summary, unaudited figures that can change when final actuals are reported.
Alberta Non-renewable Resource Revenue
Total non-renewable resource revenue to the Alberta government each fiscal year since 1970/71, in $ millions: all royalties, bonuses, lease sales, rentals and fees, net of the royalty credits of the day. Fiscal years run April to March. Alberta Energy and Minerals' historical royalty revenue workbook: summary, unaudited figures that can change when final actuals are reported.
Resource Revenue as a Share of Alberta Government Revenue
Net non-renewable resource revenue as a percentage of total Government of Alberta revenue, each fiscal year since 1970/71. Fiscal years run April to March. Alberta Energy and Minerals' historical royalty revenue workbook: summary, unaudited figures that can change when final actuals are reported.
Pipeline Incidents: Alberta vs Canada
Pipeline incidents reported to the Canada Energy Regulator each calendar year, in Alberta and in all of Canada, 2008 to 2025. Alberta had 70 in 2012, its highest year, and 27 in each of 2024 and 2025; Canada had 173 in 2017 and 68 in 2025. Counted by the date the incident was reported. The CER regulates only pipelines that cross a provincial or national border, so the many pipelines regulated by the Alberta Energy Regulator are not in these counts.
Alberta Pipeline Incidents by Type: First Year on Record vs Latest
Alberta pipeline incidents reported to the Canada Energy Regulator, by type of incident, in 2008 (the first year of the data) and in 2025: fires rose from 1 to 9, releases of a substance from 5 to 9, and operation beyond design limits from 0 to 6. 2008 is far below every later year, though: Alberta had 6 incidents that year, against 26 to 70 a year from 2009 on and 27 in 2025, so the rise says more about that first year than about a trend. An incident can be more than one type and is counted under each, so the bars add up to more than the year's incidents. Federally regulated pipelines only.
Boom-Bust Cycle
Energy Price vs Unemployment
Alberta's boom-bust cycle visualized: energy commodity prices vs unemployment rate.
Energy Price vs Housing Starts
How energy price swings drive housing construction activity in Alberta.
Alberta Real GDP
Alberta's real gross domestic product at basic prices, in chained (2017) dollars — the broadest measure of economic output.
Alberta CPI (All Items)
Consumer price index for Alberta — tracks inflation across goods and services.
Alberta pay vs. prices
How much Alberta pay and prices have risen over five years, each as the % change since the first month shown. Pay is average weekly earnings. Prices are the consumer price index: overall, groceries and rent. Pay is seasonally adjusted and prices are not, so compare the same month across years.
Inflation by Component: Alberta vs Canada
How much prices rose over 12 months in Alberta and in Canada, overall and for shelter, rent, natural gas, electricity, car insurance, groceries and gasoline, in the newest month Statistics Canada has published. Each bar compares the month with the same month a year before. Rent, natural gas and electricity are parts of shelter, so they are not extra to it. Car insurance is the consumer price index for passenger vehicle insurance premiums, the price of the same coverage over time, not what drivers paid. Each place's index starts at 100 in 2002 from its own prices, so only the % changes can be compared, not the index levels.
Alberta Activity Index (AAX)
Alberta Treasury Board's composite economic activity index — monthly pulse of the province.
Diversification
GDP by Industry — Alberta
GDP of six major Alberta industries — oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, professional services, real estate, agriculture — in chained (2017) dollars.
Oil & Gas Share of GDP
What percentage of Alberta's total GDP comes from oil and gas extraction — the diversification metric.
Tech & Professional Services GDP
GDP of Alberta's professional, scientific and technical services sector, in chained (2017) dollars.
Edmonton Business Licences
Active Edmonton business licences by the month they were issued — a proxy for entrepreneurial activity.
Edmonton Building Permits
Monthly building permit activity in Edmonton — leading indicator of construction growth.
Agriculture
BoC Agriculture Commodity Price Index
Bank of Canada price index for agricultural commodities — wheat, canola, cattle, and more.
Agriculture GDP — Alberta
GDP of Alberta's agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector, in chained (2017) dollars.
Farm Cash Receipts — Alberta
Total farm cash receipts for Alberta — the income side of agriculture.
Crop vs Livestock Receipts
Side-by-side comparison of Alberta's crop and livestock farm cash receipts.
Agriculture vs Energy Commodity Prices
Dual-axis comparison showing how agriculture and energy commodity prices move together.
Macro
BoC Policy Rate
Bank of Canada's overnight target rate — the most important interest rate in Canada.
Prime Rate
The prime lending rate of Canada's chartered banks, as the Bank of Canada publishes it each Wednesday, from January 1975. Each bank sets its own prime rate from its cost of funding, which the Bank of Canada's overnight rate target influences.
Alberta Unemployment Rate
Monthly unemployment rate for Alberta from the Labour Force Survey.
Alberta Population
Alberta's total population estimate on the first day of each quarter, from Statistics Canada's quarterly demographic estimates.
Retail Trade
Alberta Total Retail Sales
Monthly retail trade sales for Alberta across all store types.
Alberta Retail Sales by Subsector
Monthly Alberta retail sales in six of the largest store types — motor vehicles, food and beverage, gasoline, general merchandise, clothing and building materials — in dollars, not seasonally adjusted (Statistics Canada publishes Alberta subsectors unadjusted only).
Canada E-Commerce Share of Retail
Retail e-commerce sales as a percentage of all retail sales in Canada, seasonally adjusted. Statistics Canada publishes e-commerce for Canada only, not by province.
Canada E-Commerce Sales
Monthly retail e-commerce sales in Canada, in dollars, seasonally adjusted. Statistics Canada publishes e-commerce for Canada only, not by province.
Food Services Revenue Trend
Monthly food services and drinking places revenue for Alberta.
Food Services Total Revenue
Total food services industry revenue for Alberta — restaurants, cafes, bars.
Cannabis
Alberta Cannabis Monthly Sales
Monthly legal cannabis retail sales in Alberta.
Cannabis Retail Share
Cannabis as a percentage of total Alberta retail sales.
Cannabis Units Sold by Product Type — Canada
Quarterly non-medical cannabis units sold in Canada, in millions of packaged units, by product type: dried flower, extracts, edibles and topicals.
Business Dynamics
Business Openings & Closures — All Industries
Monthly business openings vs closures across Alberta's business sector industries, seasonally adjusted. Experimental Statistics Canada estimates; a business counts as opening when it first has an employee.
Active Business Count
Total count of active businesses in Alberta over time.
Retail Trade Business Dynamics
Business openings and closures in Alberta's retail trade sector.
Accommodation & Food Services Business Dynamics
Monthly business openings and closures in Alberta's accommodation and food services sector (NAICS 72), seasonally adjusted. Experimental Statistics Canada estimates; a business counts as opening when it first has an employee.
Incorporations — Edmonton and Calgary
Number of new incorporations registered each year, counted by municipality, from Service Alberta's corporate registry as published on the Alberta Regional Dashboard. A new incorporation is not the same as a new operating business.
Incorporations — Alberta's Mid-Sized Cities
Number of new incorporations registered each year in Red Deer, Lethbridge, St. Albert, Medicine Hat, Grande Prairie and Airdrie, from Service Alberta's corporate registry as published on the Alberta Regional Dashboard. A new incorporation is not the same as a new operating business.
Businesses with Employees: Calgary vs Edmonton
Business locations with at least one employee in the City of Calgary and the City of Edmonton, from each June release of Statistics Canada's Canadian Business Counts, 2020 to 2026. Calgary had 57,817 in June 2026 and Edmonton 40,152. Statistics Canada advises that Business Counts should not be read as a time series: each release is a separate table from the Business Register, whose methods and classifications change between releases, so a change from one June to the next is not only businesses opening or closing. Compare the two cities within a year more than either city across years. Locations without employees (the self-employed) are not counted.
Calgary's Businesses by Industry: 2020 vs 2026
Business locations with at least one employee in the City of Calgary, by industry (NAICS sector), in Statistics Canada's June 2020 and June 2026 Canadian Business Counts. Health care rose from 4,950 to 6,381 locations and construction from 5,476 to 6,542; mining, quarrying and oil and gas fell from 908 to 693. The two releases are separate tables, and Statistics Canada advises they should not be read as a time series: the Business Register's methods and industry coding change between releases, and the count it has not yet classified by industry grew from 4,317 to 5,950, which moves businesses between bars as well as between years. Locations without employees are not counted.
Building Permits Issued — Edmonton and Calgary
Number of building permits granted each calendar year by the municipality, commercial, industrial, institutional and residential added together, as published on the Alberta Regional Dashboard. A count of permits, not of dwellings or of dollar value.
Building Permits Issued — Alberta's Mid-Sized Cities
Number of building permits granted each calendar year in Red Deer, Lethbridge, St. Albert, Medicine Hat, Grande Prairie and Airdrie, commercial, industrial, institutional and residential added together, as published on the Alberta Regional Dashboard. A count of permits, not of dwellings or of dollar value.
Benchmarks
Average Assessment by Municipality
Mean assessed value of every property on each Edmonton-metro municipality's published assessment roll, all property classes. Municipalities that publish no assessed values are named under the chart.
Assessed Properties by Municipality
How many properties carry an assessed value above zero on each Edmonton-metro municipality's published assessment roll. Municipalities that publish no assessed values are named under the chart.
Real Estate
33 chartsFrom City of Edmonton (11), CMHC (9), Statistics Canada (5) and 6 more publishers.
Market
Edmonton CMA — Dwelling Units Created
Monthly dwelling unit creation in the Edmonton census metropolitan area.
Edmonton CMA — Residential Permit Value
Total residential building permit value in Edmonton CMA — a forward indicator of construction.
Edmonton CMA — Single-Family Units
Single-family dwelling units created in the Edmonton CMA.
Edmonton — Construction Permits by Type
Breakdown of construction permit types in Edmonton.
Alberta Major Projects by Sector (2015 inventory)
Number of projects in each sector in Alberta's Inventory of Major Alberta Projects ($5M and up: recently completed, under construction, or proposed to start within two years). A count of projects, not a sum of their value. The open data file was last updated in July 2015 and lists 835 projects, so this is a 2015 picture.
Edmonton — New Housing Units Permitted
Newly permitted housing units in Edmonton by neighbourhood.
Edmonton — Where New Homes Are Being Built
Top neighbourhoods for new home construction permits in Edmonton.
Edmonton — Average Construction Value per Permit, by Neighbourhood
Average declared construction value per building permit, by Edmonton neighbourhood.
Edmonton — Highest Assessed Neighbourhoods
Top Edmonton neighbourhoods by average property assessment value.
Edmonton — Redeveloping Neighbourhoods
Edmonton neighbourhoods with the highest redevelopment activity.
Edmonton — Home Improvement Hotspots
Edmonton neighbourhoods with the most renovation permit activity.
Strathcona County — Hot Subdivisions
Top subdivisions by development activity in Strathcona County.
Strathcona County — Assessments by Type
Average assessed value by building type across Strathcona County's whole assessment roll. The newest roll the county publishes carries 2023 assessed values.
St. Albert — Assessments by Neighbourhood
Property assessments by neighbourhood in St. Albert.
Land Title Transfers: Calgary vs Edmonton
Land title transfers registered each year for property in the City of Calgary and the City of Edmonton, 2008 to 2025. Both peaked in 2023, Calgary at 42,331 and Edmonton at 28,917; in 2025 Calgary had 33,801 and Edmonton 26,291, against 23,140 and 19,261 in 2020. A transfer is any registered change of title, not only a sale: transfers within a family, to an estate or between related companies count too.
Land Title Transfers: Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County
Land title transfers registered each year for property in Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County, 2008 to 2025. In 2025 Spruce Grove had 1,789, Parkland County 1,073 and Stony Plain 691, all three up from 2019 (946, 702 and 385). A transfer is any registered change of title, not only a sale: transfers within a family, to an estate or between related companies count too.
CMHC Housing
Housing Starts — Edmonton vs Calgary
Monthly housing starts compared between Edmonton and Calgary CMAs.
Housing Completions — Edmonton vs Calgary
Monthly housing completions compared between Edmonton and Calgary.
Under Construction — Edmonton vs Calgary
Units under construction compared between Edmonton and Calgary.
5-Year Conventional Mortgage Rate
CMHC 5-year fixed conventional mortgage rate — the benchmark for homebuyer costs.
Pipeline
Rental
Rental Vacancy Rate — Edmonton vs Calgary
CMHC rental vacancy rates compared between Edmonton and Calgary.
Average Rents — Edmonton vs Calgary
Average 1-bed and 2-bed rents compared between Edmonton and Calgary.
Edmonton Rents by Unit Type
Average rents in Edmonton broken down by unit type — bachelor, 1-bed, 2-bed, 3-bed+.
Calgary Rents by Unit Type
Average rents in Calgary broken down by unit type.
Edmonton Vacancy Rate vs Housing Starts
Dual-axis view showing how vacancy rates relate to new housing starts.
Assessments
Edmonton — Top Assessed Neighbourhoods
Edmonton neighbourhoods with the highest average residential assessed value, from the city's full property assessment roll. Residential properties only, and only neighbourhoods with more than 100 of them.
Calgary — Top Assessed Neighbourhoods
Calgary neighbourhoods with the highest average residential assessed value, from the city's full property assessment roll. Residential properties only, and only neighbourhoods with more than 100 of them.
Commercial
Top Commercial Neighbourhoods by Assessment
Edmonton neighbourhoods with the highest total commercial assessment values.
Business Licences by Category
Edmonton business licences broken down by business category.
Business Density by Neighbourhood
Business licence density across Edmonton neighbourhoods.
Commercial Building Permits — Edmonton
Commercial building permit volume and trends in Edmonton.
Community
37 chartsFrom Statistics Canada (25), Government of Alberta (7), Alberta Health (3) and 2 more publishers.
Labour
Alberta Employment
Total employment in Alberta from the Labour Force Survey.
Participation Rate
Alberta's labour force participation rate — what share of working-age adults are in the labour market.
Employment vs Unemployment Rate
Dual-axis overlay of total employment against unemployment rate.
Average Weekly Earnings
Average weekly earnings for Alberta workers — a wage growth indicator.
Employment Rate
Alberta's employment rate — the percentage of working-age population that is employed.
Full-time Jobs: Alberta vs Canada
12-month % change in full-time employment, Alberta vs Canada, seasonally adjusted, from the monthly Labour Force Survey. The survey is a sample, so a one-month change in Alberta employment can be off by about 13,000 jobs either way (Statistics Canada's standard error; about 17,500 for full-time jobs alone). A one-month move smaller than that may be noise, which is why this chart shows the change over 12 months.
Average Weekly Earnings by Industry: Alberta vs Canada
Average weekly earnings, overtime included, for employees in eight industries, Alberta against Canada, seasonally adjusted, in the latest month. In August 2026 Alberta paid more in six of the eight, most of all in mining, quarrying and oil and gas ($2,783.97 a week against $2,584.43), and less in health care ($1,114.24 against $1,180.91) and educational services ($1,292.81 against $1,363.79). An average over full- and part-time employees, so an industry with more part-time work shows lower earnings.
Immigration
International Immigration to Alberta
Annual international immigration flows into Alberta.
Net Interprovincial Migration
Net migration between Alberta and other provinces — positive means more people moving to Alberta.
Population Growth Components
Five-way breakdown: immigration, interprovincial migration, emigration, births, and deaths.
Net Migration vs Energy Prices
How Alberta's migration patterns track with energy commodity prices — people follow the boom.
People Moving to and from Alberta, Within Canada
People who moved to Alberta from another province or territory, and people who left Alberta for one, each calendar year since 1962 (Statistics Canada's quarterly estimates added up; a year shows once all four quarters are out). In 2025, 77,837 people arrived and 56,450 left; in 2016, the worst year of the oil-price slump, 59,865 arrived and 77,695 left. Estimates, revised as better data come in, the newest most of all.
Net Moves Within Canada: Alberta vs Ontario vs British Columbia
People arriving from other provinces and territories minus people leaving for them, each calendar year since 1962, for Alberta, Ontario and British Columbia (Statistics Canada's quarterly estimates added up). In 2025 Alberta gained 21,387, British Columbia gained 6,244 and Ontario lost 22,871. Estimates, revised as better data come in.
Fire Response
Health
Alberta ED Visits — Acute Upper Respiratory Infections
Province-wide age-standardized emergency department visit rate for acute upper respiratory infections, per 100,000 population. The highest-volume of the eleven disease groups Alberta Health publishes.
Albertans Reporting Very Good or Excellent Health
Share of Albertans aged 18 and over who rate their own health as very good or excellent, from the Canadian Community Health Survey two-year cycle. A survey estimate, not a census count.
Very Good or Excellent Self-Rated Health, by Health Zone
Share of adults 18 and over who rate their own health as very good or excellent, for Alberta and each of its five health zones, from the Canadian Community Health Survey two-year cycles 2015–2016 to 2023–2024. Survey estimates: each zone is estimated separately and the zones do not average to the provincial figure. Statistics Canada redesigned the survey in 2022, adding online self-reporting, and advises caution when comparing cycles that include 2022 or later with earlier ones.
Very Good or Excellent Self-Rated Mental Health, by Health Zone
Share of adults 18 and over who rate their own mental health as very good or excellent, for Alberta and each of its five health zones, from the Canadian Community Health Survey two-year cycles 2015–2016 to 2023–2024. Survey estimates: each zone is estimated separately and the zones do not average to the provincial figure. Statistics Canada redesigned the survey in 2022, adding online self-reporting, and advises caution when comparing cycles that include 2022 or later with earlier ones.
Adults with Obesity, by Health Zone
Share of adults 18 and over with a body mass index of 30 or more, calculated from self-reported height and weight with Statistics Canada's adjustment for self-reporting, for Alberta and each of its five health zones. Canadian Community Health Survey two-year cycles 2015–2016 to 2023–2024. Survey estimates: each zone is estimated separately and the zones do not average to the provincial figure. Statistics Canada redesigned the survey in 2022 and advises caution when comparing cycles that include 2022 or later with earlier ones.
Adults Who Smoke, by Health Zone
Share of adults 18 and over who smoke cigarettes daily or occasionally, for Alberta and each of its five health zones, from the Canadian Community Health Survey two-year cycles 2015–2016 to 2023–2024. Survey estimates: each zone is estimated separately and the zones do not average to the provincial figure. Statistics Canada redesigned the survey in 2022 and advises caution when comparing cycles that include 2022 or later with earlier ones.
Adults Who Drink Heavily, by Health Zone
Share of adults 18 and over who report heavy drinking — five or more drinks for men, or four or more for women, on one occasion at least once a month in the past year — for Alberta and each of its five health zones. Canadian Community Health Survey two-year cycles 2015–2016 to 2023–2024. Survey estimates: each zone is estimated separately and the zones do not average to the provincial figure. Statistics Canada redesigned the survey in 2022 and advises caution when comparing cycles that include 2022 or later with earlier ones.
Albertans with a Regular Health Care Provider
Share of Albertans aged 18 and over who report having a regular health care provider, each year from 2015, from the Canadian Community Health Survey. A survey estimate, not a count of patients on a roster. The 2020 survey was collected in shortened periods because of the pandemic; Statistics Canada redesigned the survey in 2022 and revised the question in 2024, and advises caution comparing those years with earlier ones.
Albertans with Unmet Health Care Needs
Share of Albertans who report that they needed health care in the past 12 months and did not receive it, each year from 2018, from the Canadian Income Survey. A survey estimate. The survey covers people aged 16 and over before 2022 and 15 and over from 2022, when its sample was also enlarged.
Alberta ED Visit Rates by Condition
Province-wide age-standardized emergency department visit rate per 100,000 population for each of the eleven conditions Alberta Health publishes, in the latest year available. These are rates, not visit counts, and cannot be added together. The source table covers 2014 to 2023.
Highest ED Visit Rates for Upper Respiratory Infections, by Local Area
The 15 of Alberta's 132 Local Geographic Areas with the highest age-standardized emergency department visit rates for acute upper respiratory infections in the latest year available, per 100,000 residents. Rates in areas with small populations can change sharply from one year to the next. Areas whose figure Alberta Health suppressed are not ranked.
Safety
Alberta Crime Severity Index: Total, Violent and Non-violent
Alberta's overall, violent and non-violent Crime Severity Index each year since 1998. Police-reported crime weighted by seriousness and divided by population, indexed so that Canada in 2006 = 100 (Statistics Canada table 35-10-0190-01, annual, 1998 on). An index, not a count: it cannot be added across police services. The full table, every Alberta police service including rural RCMP detachments and First Nations services, is in the API.
Crime Severity Index in Alberta's Largest Cities
The overall Crime Severity Index for Alberta and the police services of Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer (RCMP), Lethbridge and Medicine Hat each year since 1998. Police-reported crime weighted by seriousness and divided by population, indexed so that Canada in 2006 = 100 (Statistics Canada table 35-10-0190-01, annual, 1998 on). An index, not a count: it cannot be added across police services. The full table, every Alberta police service including rural RCMP detachments and First Nations services, is in the API.
Crime Severity Index by Police Service, Larger Alberta Communities
The overall Crime Severity Index in the latest year for the municipal police services and RCMP municipal detachments of 24 of Alberta's larger communities, highest first. Small places are left off this ranking because an index over a few hundred residents can swing widely from one year to the next. Police-reported crime weighted by seriousness and divided by population, indexed so that Canada in 2006 = 100 (Statistics Canada table 35-10-0190-01, annual, 1998 on). An index, not a count: it cannot be added across police services. The full table, every Alberta police service including rural RCMP detachments and First Nations services, is in the API.
Violent Crime Severity Index by Police Service, Larger Alberta Communities
The violent Crime Severity Index in the latest year for the municipal police services and RCMP municipal detachments of 24 of Alberta's larger communities, highest first. Small places are left off this ranking because an index over a few hundred residents can swing widely from one year to the next. Police-reported crime weighted by seriousness and divided by population, indexed so that Canada in 2006 = 100 (Statistics Canada table 35-10-0190-01, annual, 1998 on). An index, not a count: it cannot be added across police services. The full table, every Alberta police service including rural RCMP detachments and First Nations services, is in the API.
Education
Alberta Student Enrolment, All Grades
Students enrolled in Alberta schools, ECS (kindergarten) to Grade 12, every school authority in the published data added together: public, separate, francophone, charter, private and provincial. September counts by school year since 2016/17, as published by Alberta Education and Childcare. First Nation school figures are removed from the published data by the publisher and are not included.
Enrolment at Parkland School Division and Evergreen Catholic
Students enrolled, all grades, in the two school divisions serving Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County: Parkland School Division and Evergreen Catholic Separate School Division. September counts by school year since 2016/17, as published by Alberta Education and Childcare. First Nation school figures are removed from the published data by the publisher and are not included.
Enrolment at Alberta's Largest School Authorities
Students enrolled, all grades, in Alberta's six largest school authorities: the Calgary and Edmonton public and Catholic divisions, Rocky View Schools and Elk Island Public Schools. September counts by school year since 2016/17, as published by Alberta Education and Childcare. First Nation school figures are removed from the published data by the publisher and are not included.
Alberta Student Enrolment by Type of School Authority
Students enrolled, all grades, by type of school authority: public, separate (Catholic), francophone, charter, private and provincial. September counts by school year since 2016/17, as published by Alberta Education and Childcare. First Nation school figures are removed from the published data by the publisher and are not included.
Provincial Achievement Tests: Math 9, Parkland School Division vs Alberta
The share of Grade 9 students writing the Mathematics 9 Provincial Achievement Test in English who met the acceptable standard, Parkland School Division against the whole province, 2022 to 2026. Parkland went from 58.1% in 2022 to 63.1% in 2026; Alberta from 62.7% to 59.8%. Results as Alberta Education and Childcare publishes them; its file covers only the latest five exam years. Years are the year the test was written, in June.
Provincial Achievement Tests: Math 6 vs Math 9, Share Meeting the Acceptable Standard
The share of Alberta students meeting the acceptable standard on the Grade 6 and Grade 9 mathematics Provincial Achievement Tests written in English, province-wide, 2022 to 2026. Math 6 fell from 74.5% in 2022 to 60.9% in 2026 and Math 9 from 62.7% to 59.8%. No Math 6 result is published for 2024 (the file says n/a), so that line joins 2023 straight to 2025. Results as Alberta Education and Childcare publishes them, latest five exam years only.
Diploma Exam Results: English Lang Arts 30-1, Parkland School Division vs Alberta
The share of students writing the English Language Arts 30-1 diploma exam who met the acceptable standard, Parkland School Division against the whole province, 2012 to 2016: Parkland 86.4% to 93.1%, Alberta 86.3% to 86.8%. Alberta Education has not published these results as open data since the 2015/16 school year, so the chart stops there.
Environment
5 chartsFrom ECCC Water Survey of Canada (3) and ECCC GeoMet (2).
Weather
Rivers
North Saskatchewan River at Edmonton: Daily Flow and Its Range
Daily mean flow of the North Saskatchewan River at Edmonton (Water Survey of Canada station 05DF001), in cubic metres per second, with the lowest and highest daily means stored for the station. Daily means of Environment and Climate Change Canada's real-time readings, provisional until the Water Survey of Canada approves them. ECCC keeps 30 days of real-time data; FlossyPurse Studios Data keeps every day from October 2026 on, so the range grows with the record.
Bow River at Calgary: Daily Flow and Its Range
Daily mean flow of the Bow River at Calgary (Water Survey of Canada station 05BH004), in cubic metres per second, with the lowest and highest daily means stored for the station. Daily means of Environment and Climate Change Canada's real-time readings, provisional until the Water Survey of Canada approves them. ECCC keeps 30 days of real-time data; FlossyPurse Studios Data keeps every day from October 2026 on, so the range grows with the record.
Alberta's Major Rivers: Daily Flow
Daily mean flow, in cubic metres per second, of six of Alberta's major rivers: the North Saskatchewan at Edmonton, the Bow at Calgary, the Red Deer at Red Deer, the Oldman near Lethbridge, the Athabasca at Athabasca and the Peace at Peace River. Daily means of Environment and Climate Change Canada's real-time readings, provisional until the Water Survey of Canada approves them. ECCC keeps 30 days of real-time data; FlossyPurse Studios Data keeps every day from October 2026 on, so the range grows with the record.
Governance
16 chartsFrom Government of Alberta (15) and CanadaBuys (1).
Public Service Pay
Alberta Public Service Employees on the Salary Disclosure List
How many Alberta Public Service employees were paid at or above the salary disclosure threshold each calendar year, all ministries together. Alberta Public Service salary and severance disclosure: government ministries only, not agencies, boards, commissions, Alberta Health Services or post-secondary institutions, which publish their own lists. Aggregates only; no individual is shown.
Median Total Compensation on the Alberta Public Service Disclosure List
The median total compensation (base salary plus cash and non-cash benefits, severance excluded) of disclosed Alberta Public Service employees each calendar year. People disclosed only for a severance payment are left out of the median. Alberta Public Service salary and severance disclosure: government ministries only, not agencies, boards, commissions, Alberta Health Services or post-secondary institutions, which publish their own lists. Aggregates only; no individual is shown.
Total Compensation Paid to Disclosed Alberta Public Service Employees
The sum of base salary, cash benefits and non-cash benefits paid to everyone on the Alberta Public Service disclosure list each calendar year, severance excluded. It covers only people above the disclosure threshold, not the whole public-service payroll. Alberta Public Service salary and severance disclosure: government ministries only, not agencies, boards, commissions, Alberta Health Services or post-secondary institutions, which publish their own lists. Aggregates only; no individual is shown.
Disclosed Alberta Public Service Employees by Ministry
The 20 ministries with the most employees on the salary disclosure list in the latest year, under the ministry names used that year. Ministries are renamed and merged often, so a name can appear or disappear between years. Alberta Public Service salary and severance disclosure: government ministries only, not agencies, boards, commissions, Alberta Health Services or post-secondary institutions, which publish their own lists. Aggregates only; no individual is shown.
Median Total Compensation on the Disclosure List by Ministry
Median total compensation of disclosed employees in each ministry in the latest year, highest 20 shown. A ministry with fewer than five disclosures that year is left out, because a median of one or two people is their own pay. Alberta Public Service salary and severance disclosure: government ministries only, not agencies, boards, commissions, Alberta Health Services or post-secondary institutions, which publish their own lists. Aggregates only; no individual is shown.
Procurement
Alberta Government Sole-source Contracts per Quarter
How many sole-source service contracts Alberta government departments started each quarter since 2014. Sole-source service contracts of $10,000 or more awarded by Alberta government departments without competition, as disclosed quarterly on open.alberta.ca; each contract counted in the quarter it starts, at the value disclosed.
Value of Alberta Government Sole-source Contracts per Quarter
The total value of sole-source service contracts Alberta government departments started each quarter since 2014. A single large multi-year contract can dominate a quarter. Sole-source service contracts of $10,000 or more awarded by Alberta government departments without competition, as disclosed quarterly on open.alberta.ca; each contract counted in the quarter it starts, at the value disclosed.
Sole-source Contract Value by Ministry, Last Four Quarters
The value of sole-source service contracts each ministry started in the four most recent quarters published, highest 15 shown, under the ministry names used at the time. Sole-source service contracts of $10,000 or more awarded by Alberta government departments without competition, as disclosed quarterly on open.alberta.ca; each contract counted in the quarter it starts, at the value disclosed.
Sole-source Contracts by Ministry, Last Four Quarters
How many sole-source service contracts each ministry started in the four most recent quarters published, highest 15 shown, under the ministry names used at the time. Sole-source service contracts of $10,000 or more awarded by Alberta government departments without competition, as disclosed quarterly on open.alberta.ca; each contract counted in the quarter it starts, at the value disclosed.
Largest Sole-source Contract Vendors to the Alberta Government
The 15 vendors with the most sole-source contract value since fiscal 2013/14. Only vendors that are plainly organisations (a company, society, association, public body) are named; contracts with individuals and sole proprietors count in every total but are never listed. Sole-source service contracts of $10,000 or more awarded by Alberta government departments without competition, as disclosed quarterly on open.alberta.ca; each contract counted in the quarter it starts, at the value disclosed.
Federal Tenders for Delivery in Alberta, by Category
Federal government tender notices published on CanadaBuys each quarter that name Alberta, or a place in it, as where the work or goods are delivered, by procurement category, from April 2022. Goods make up about half: in 2025, 236 of the 499 notices were for goods, 175 for services and 80 for construction. A notice in two categories counts in both, and a notice later cancelled still counts (53 of the 499 in 2025). Notices open to delivery anywhere in Canada are not counted, and provincial and municipal tenders are not on CanadaBuys.
Municipal Finance
Municipal Debt per Person: Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County
Each municipality's total debt divided by its population that year, for the City of Spruce Grove, the Town of Stony Plain and Parkland County, beside all Alberta municipalities combined (their total debt over their total population). The 2020 to 2022 workbooks carry no population schedule, so per-person figures skip those years. Calendar financial years from 2017, from each municipality's Financial Information Return as published by Alberta Municipal Affairs; a municipality that has not filed for a year is left out of it.
Municipal Reserves per Person: Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County
Each municipality's restricted surplus (the money it has set aside in reserves) divided by its population that year, for Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County, beside all Alberta municipalities combined. Figures are as each municipality reported them: Spruce Grove's returns show a negative restricted surplus for 2018 to 2023. The 2020 to 2022 workbooks carry no population schedule, so per-person figures skip those years. Calendar financial years from 2017, from each municipality's Financial Information Return as published by Alberta Municipal Affairs; a municipality that has not filed for a year is left out of it.
Share of the Legal Debt Limit in Use: Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County
Total debt as a percentage of the debt limit the Municipal Government Act's debt limit regulation sets for each municipality as a multiple of its revenue, for Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County, beside all Alberta municipalities combined. Calendar financial years from 2017, from each municipality's Financial Information Return as published by Alberta Municipal Affairs; a municipality that has not filed for a year is left out of it.
Alberta's 25 Largest Municipalities by Debt per Person
Total debt divided by population for Alberta's 25 most populous municipalities, in the newest year with both figures published, largest first. Calendar financial years from 2017, from each municipality's Financial Information Return as published by Alberta Municipal Affairs; a municipality that has not filed for a year is left out of it.
Alberta Municipal Debt, All Municipalities Combined
The total debt of every Alberta municipality that filed a Financial Information Return that year, added together. Calendar financial years from 2017, from each municipality's Financial Information Return as published by Alberta Municipal Affairs; a municipality that has not filed for a year is left out of it.
Municipalities
1 chartsFrom Government of Alberta (1).