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Provincial Electoral Division profile documents

Provincial Electoral Divisions are all the legally valid boundaries for provincial general elections and for provincial by-elections in Alberta established as electoral divisions under the Alberta Electoral Divisions Act. Provincial Electoral Divisions are represented by an elected member to serve in the Alberta Provincial Legislative Assembly.

The following profile documents provide detailed demographic and socio-economic information. Data has been specifically tabulated from the 2021 Census of Canada.

Use the search tools available on the Elections Alberta website to find your Provincial Electoral Division.

Profiles, tables and maps (PDF)

• Profiles – Alberta and each of the 87 PEDs (each file includes a map)
• Summary tables

Source data files

• Data for Alberta and 87 PEDs – 2021 Census of Canada Data (CSV format)

Supplementary reports and data files

• 2020-21 Alberta Child and Family Benefit by Provincial Electoral Division (PDF format)
• Data for 2020-21 Alberta Child and Family Benefit by Provincial Electoral Division (CSV format)

Other Alberta resources

• Charitable Donations in Alberta, 2012 – 2022  – A report analyzing the trend in charitable donation in Alberta using the personal income tax data. Use this dashboard to explore the data.
• Non-profit Sector Listing Dashboard – Accesses data, information and analytics about Alberta’s non-profit sector using the official records of Alberta Corporate Registry.
• See demographic statistics for the Alberta highlights that Alberta's Office of Statistics and Information compiles and publishes of every Statistics Canada’s Census program. It also includes the 2011 National household survey highlights.
• Contribution of persons with disabilities to Alberta’s economy – 2022 (November 2024) – Assesses the contribution of persons with disabilities to Alberta’s economy, scheduled to update every 5 years.
• Alberta Child Intervention Data Tool – Displays the number of children receiving each type of intervention service, by fiscal year.

Selected government social programs

• Income Support caseload – Includes 2 client groups: those Expected to Work and those who have Barriers to Full Employment.
• Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped caseload (monthly dataset)
• Funded Emergency Shelters Daily Occupancy – Aggregates data on the number of individuals accessing Adult Emergency Shelters funded by the ministry of Seniors, Community and Social Services.
• Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD) active caseload – Tracks the number of Albertans eligible for the PDD program who are accessing services.
• Family Support for Children with Disabilities active caseload by disability type (January 2022)
• Child Care information – Reflects child care programs in Alberta licensed under the Child Care Licensing Act (prior to February 2021) and under the Early Learning and Child Care Act (February 2021 and after).
• Senior’s community profiles – Reports a range of demographic, economic, physical and mental health, and health care utilization indicators relevant to the seniors population in a particular region.

Government of Canada

The following information is produced by the Government of Canada:

• Society and community statistics – Includes data, tools and analytical reports on Canadian society and community, such as:
  • Volunteering and donating
  • Gender, diversity and inclusion
• Families, households and marital status
• Older adults and population aging statistics – Includes data, tools and analytical reports on seniors in Canada.
• Statistics on indigenous people
• Census of Population – Statistics Canada conducts a national census every 5 years of people and housing units by demographic, social and economic characteristics. Last conducted in 2021, information includes:
  • Census profiles – Presents census data for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts.
  • Census topics – Provides a topical reference of census analysis, data and geographical information.
  • Analytical products – Features key findings from the 2021 Census Program topics.
• Personal Income Tax Statistics, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA):
  • Personal Income Tax statistics – Includes aggregate statistics from individual income tax and benefit returns that were assessed or reassessed.
  • Canada Child Benefit statistics – Presents data based on the information collected and processed for all individual recipients for a specific benefit year.
  • Disability Tax Credit statistics – Includes data based on the information collected and processed for all eligible individual recipients for a specific calendar year.
  • GST/HST Credit statistics – Presents data collected and processed for all individual recipients for a specific benefit year.
  • Climate Action Incentive statistics – Presents data collected and processed for all eligible individuals for a specific tax year.
  • Tax-Free Savings Account statistics – Presents data based on all of the individual records and summary returns sent by financial institutions (issuers) to the CRA for a specific tax year.

Contact

General OSI enquiries

Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
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.