Employment
Alberta had the highest labour force participation rate among the provinces at 72.9% in 2010, 5.9% higher than the national average. At the same time, Alberta also had the highest employment rate among the provinces, at 68.1%.
Employment rates by province – 2010
| Alberta |
68.1% |
|
Saskatchewan |
66.3% |
|
Manitoba |
65.9% |
|
Canada |
61.6% |
|
Ontario |
61.3% |
|
British Columbia |
60.5% |
|
P.E.I |
60.3% |
|
Quebec |
60.2% |
|
Nova Scotia |
58.2% |
|
New Brunswick |
57.7% |
|
Newfoundland & Labrador |
51.2% |
Source: Statistics Canada
|
Alberta employment by industry – 2010 | |
|
Sector |
(in 000's) |
|
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting |
50.5 |
|
Mining, oil and gas |
140.2 |
|
Utilities |
18.4 |
|
Construction |
206.5 |
|
Manufacturing |
124.6 |
|
Retail and wholesale trade |
306.0 |
|
Transportation and warehousing |
104.9 |
|
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing |
105.2 |
|
Professional, scientific and technical services |
150.9 |
|
Business, building and other support services |
72.9 |
|
Educational services |
129.5 |
|
Health care and social assistance |
219.3 |
|
Information, culture, and recreation |
77.0 |
|
Accommodation and food services |
125.2 |
|
Other services |
98.4 |
|
Public administration |
86.9 |
|
All industries |
2,016.6 |
|
Alberta employment by occupation – 2010 | |
|
Occupation |
(in 000's) |
|
Management occupations |
162.5 |
|
Business, finance and administrative occupations |
354.4 |
|
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations |
156.5 |
|
Health occupations |
122.0 |
|
Occupations in social science, education, gov't service & religion |
157.9 |
|
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport |
44.4 |
|
Sales and service occupations |
478.6 |
|
Trades, transport and equipment operator & related occupations |
373.2 |
|
Occupations unique to primary industry |
106.7 |
|
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities |
60.4 |
|
All occupations |
2,016.6 |
Source: Statistics Canada
In 2010, Alberta had the third lowest unemployment rate in Canada at 6.5%, well below the national rate of 8.0%.
Unemployment rates by province – 2010
| Saskatchewan |
5.2% |
|
Manitoba |
5.4% |
|
Alberta |
6.5% |
|
British Columbia |
7.6% |
|
Canada |
8.0% |
|
Quebec |
8.0% |
|
Ontario |
8.7% |
|
New Brunswick |
9.3% |
|
Nova Scotia |
9.3% |
|
Prince Edward Island |
11.2% |
|
Newfoundland and Labrador |
14.4% |
Source: Statistics Canada
Date Updated:
RDP-1928
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