Current key facts
Quarterly population estimates
Table 1. Quarterly population estimates
| Location | Population estimates as of October 1, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Alberta | 4,756,408 |
| Canada | 40,528,396 |
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
All-items (Unadjusted 2002=100)
Table 2. Consumer Price Index (CPI)
| Location | % change, November to December 2023 | % change, December 2022 to December 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 0.0% | 3.0% |
| - Edmonton | -0.2% | 2.6% |
| - Calgary | 0.4% | 3.9% |
| Canada | -0.3% | 3.4% |
Unemployment rate (unadjusted)
Table 3. Unemployment rate (unadjusted)
| Location | November 2023 | December 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 5.7% | 5.9% |
| Canada | 5.3% | 5.3% |
Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by expenditure
Table 4. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by expenditure
| Location | GDP in 2022 (millions of chained 2017 Canadian dollars) | % Change (2021 to 2022) |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 343,484 | 5.0% |
| Canada | 2,326,537 | 3.8% |
Economic updates
Items are removed from this list after 12 months and posted on relevant web pages shown in the Related section below.
- Average Weekly Earnings (including overtime), Alberta – January 25, 2024*
- Consumer Price Index, Year-Over-Year Percentage Change, Canada/Alberta – January 17, 2024*
- Heavy Crude Oil Reference Prices, Monthly, PDF format, or CSV format – January 10, 2024**
- Preliminary Total Housing Starts, Alberta’s Major Urban Centres – January 10, 2024*
- Successful Wells Drilled, Alberta, PDF format, or CSV format – December 7, 2023**
- Real Gross Domestic Product at Market Prices, Annual Per cent Change, Canada and Alberta – November 14, 2022
- Alberta Population Projections for 2023 to 2051 – July 5, 2023*
- First Quarter 2023 Alberta Population Estimates (January 1 to March 31, 2023) – June 28, 2023*
- 2021 Census of Canada highlights: Indigenous People – March 22, 2023*
- Municipal (Census Subdivision) Population Estimates (2016 to 2022) – January 11, 2023*
- A profile of inter-jurisdictional employees (IJE) in Alberta – 2018 update – October 7, 2022
- Economic impact analysis – Economic Multipliers 2017 – added April 29, 2022
* Open data licensed under Alberta’s Open Government Licence
** Not open – see PDF for metadata risk considerations, data source and contact information
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