Key facts
Quarterly Population Estimates
Table 1. Quarterly population estimates
| Location | Population Estimates as of October 1, 2019 |
|---|---|
| Alberta | 4,395,586 |
| Canada | 37,797,496 |
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
All-items (Unadjusted 2002=100)
Table 2. Consumer Price Index (CPI)
| Location | % change, November 2019 to December 2019 |
% change, December 2018 to December 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 0.1% | 2.3% |
| - Edmonton | 0.0% | 2.3% |
| - Calgary | 0.0% | 2.1% |
| Canada | 0.0% | 2.2% |
Unemployment Rate (unadjusted)
Table 3. Unemployment Rate (unadjusted)
| Location | November 2019 | December 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 6.8% | 5.9% |
| Canada | 5.5% | 5.2% |
Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Expenditure
Table 4. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Expenditure
| Location | GDP in 2018 (Millions of chained 2012 Canadian Dollars) |
% Change (2017 to 2018) |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 346,477 | 1.6% |
| Canada | 2,058,117 | 2.0% |
News
Items are removed from this list after 6 months and listed on relevant web pages in this section.
* Open data licensed under Alberta’s Open Government Licence
** Not open – see PDF for metadata risk considerations, data source and contact information
- Heavy Crude Oil Reference Prices, Monthly (PDF, 216 KB), or CSV format (10 KB) (January 15, 2020) **
- Successful Wells Drilled, Alberta (PDF, 401 KB) or CSV format (56 KB) (January 15, 2020) **
- Consumer Price Index, Year-Over-Year Percentage Change, Canada/Alberta (January 14, 2020) *
- Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) Caseload, Alberta (January 14, 2020) *
- Average Weekly Earnings (including overtime), Alberta (January 14, 2020) *
- Income Support Caseload, Alberta (January 14, 2020) *
- Light Crude Oil Reference Prices, Monthly (PDF, 307 KB), or CSV format (4 KB) (December 9, 2019) **
- Preliminary Total Housing Starts, Alberta’s Major Urban Centres (November 13, 2019) *
- Real Gross Domestic Product at Market Prices, Annual Percent Change, Canada and Alberta (November 13, 2019) *
- Alberta Quarterly Demographic Statistics - 2019 2nd Quarter (September 30, 2019) *
- 2018 Spatial Price Survey interactive map of Alberta (September 19, 2019)
- See the Quick User Guide to help you get started using this interactive tool.
- 2018 Alberta Spatial Price Survey: A Place-to-Place Comparison Survey (August 15, 2019) *
- Alberta Population Projections for 2019 to 2046 (July 3, 2019) *
- Alberta Quarterly Demographic Statistics - 2019 1st Quarter (June 19, 2019) *
- Population statistics - data files and the animated population estimates pyramid (age and sex) have been updated (February 14, 2019)
About the OSI
The Office of Statistics and Information (OSI) is Alberta's statistical agency and a Statistical Focal Point for Statistics Canada. Our mandate is to plan, promote, consolidate and develop social and economic statistics relating to Alberta. We develop and analyze:
- social, demographic and economic statistics
- geospatial statistics on social and economic issues
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Ryan Mazan, Chief Statistician/Director
Office of Statistics and Information
Phone: 780-643-1074
Toll free: 310-0000 before the phone number (in Alberta)
Email: ryan.mazan@gov.ab.ca
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