Economic impact analysis
Economic multipliers
These multipliers reflect the structure of the Alberta economy and industry linkages during the reference year. These documents contain multipliers specific to various industries and commodities for 2 models:
- ‘Open’ model, which covers direct and indirect impacts
- ‘Closed’ model, which covers direct, indirect and induced impacts
Most recent economic multipliers – 2017
- Alberta Economic Multipliers 2017 (April 2022) (PDF, 1.8 MB)
- Data file: Alberta Economic Multipliers 2017 (April 2022) (Excel, 157 KB)
Archive – 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008
- PDF reports
- Data files (Excel)
Alberta Spatial Price Survey
The Alberta Spatial Price Survey (formerly called the Place-to-Place Price Comparison Survey) is a statistical index that provides a price differential comparison between Edmonton and selected Alberta communities.
- Alberta Spatial Price Surveys (PDF reports for 2007, 2010, 2016 and 2018)
- Data tables (2016 and 2018)
- 2018 Spatial Price Survey interactive map of Alberta
- Place-to-Place Price Comparison Surveys (PDF reports for various years 1977 to 2007)
Business, energy and macroeconomic statistics
PDF reports and CSV datasets
* Open data licensed under Alberta’s Open Government Licence
** Not open — see PDF for metadata risk considerations, data source and contact information
Business and macroeconomic indicators
- Preliminary Total Housing Starts in Alberta’s Major Urban Centres (updated monthly) *
- Consumer Price Index, Year-Over-Year Percentage Change, Canada/Alberta (updated monthly) *
- Real Gross Domestic Product at Market Prices, Annual Percent Change, Canada and Alberta (updated yearly) *
- Value of Building Permits, Alberta (June 14, 2016) *
Energy-related indicators
- Heavy Crude Oil Reference Prices, Monthly (PDF, 516 KB), or CSV format (14 KB) (updated monthly) **
- Light Crude Oil Reference Prices, Monthly (PDF, 409 KB), or CSV format (6 KB) (updated monthly) **
- Successful Wells Drilled, Alberta (PDF, 303 KB), or CSV format (78 KB) (updated monthly) **
- Natural Gas Reference Price, Alberta (June 16, 2016) *
- Total Crude Oil and Equivalent Production, Alberta (PDF, 141 KB), or CSV format (47 KB) (July 30, 2015) **
- Total Bitumen Production, Alberta (PDF, 155 KB) or CSV format (1.8 KB) (July 30, 2015) **
- Bitumen Sent for Upgrading to Synthetic Crude Oil (SCO), Alberta (PDF, 179 KB) or CSV format (4 KB) (July 23, 2015) **
- Marketable Natural Gas Production, Alberta (PDF, 170 KB) or CSV format (1.4 KB) (July 23, 2015) **
Income and labour statistics
For more income and labour statistics, see Census of Canada highlights and analysis.
PDF reports and CSV datasets
* Open data licensed under Alberta’s Open Government Licence
** Not open – see PDF for metadata risk considerations, data source and contact information
Earnings and injuries
- Average Weekly Earnings (including overtime), Alberta (updated monthly) *
- Employment Insurance Beneficiaries Receiving Regular Benefits, Alberta (June 28, 2016) *
- Disabling Injury Rates by Major Industry Sector, Alberta (PDF, 144 KB) or CSV format (2.6 KB) (May 8, 2015) **
- Lost-Time Claim Rates by Major Industry Sector, Alberta (PDF, 160 KB) or CSV format (2.6 KB) (May 8, 2015) **
Inter-Jurisdictional employee profiles
Inter-Jurisdictional employees work in one region but keep their primary residence in another part of the country.
- A Profile of Inter-Jurisdictional Employees in Alberta - 2016 update (March 16, 2020) *
- Interprovincial Employees in Alberta: industrial profile by major region of origin (March 28, 2017) *
- A profile of interprovincial employees in Alberta – 2012 update (September 21, 2016) *
- Profile of Interprovincial Employees in Alberta (PDF, 330 KB) (June 30, 2015) *
- Interprovincial Employees in Alberta – Statistics Canada (PDF, 875 KB) (September 2013) **
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