Economic statistics

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)

Custom economic impact analysis

Disaggregated input output (I/O) model

The Alberta I/O model for 2017:

• covers 233 industries and 492 commodities
• can be customized to client specifications for the simulation of direct, indirect and induced economic impacts
• has a tax module that provides impacts on federal, provincial and local tax revenues for all impact studies

Custom model runs pricing

Cost for I/O model runs is:

• $900 and up, as of May 2015
• based on a cost-recovery basis
• dependent on the simulation or simulations

To request a custom economic impact analysis, see our contact information.

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
  • See the Quick User Guide to help you get started using this interactive tool.
• 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, 210 KB), or CSV format (10 KB) (updated monthly) **
• Light Crude Oil Reference Prices, Monthly (PDF, 409 KB), or CSV format (6 KB) (updated monthly) **
• Successful Wells Drilled, Alberta (PDF, 115 KB), or CSV format (65 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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General OSI enquiries

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Phone: 780-427-2071
Toll free: 310-0000 before the phone number (in Alberta)
Fax: 780-426-3951
Email: [email protected]

Media enquiries

Contact the Treasury Board and Finance Spokesperson.