Unemployment Rate

The number of people who are unemployed as a percentage of the active labour force (i.e. employed and unemployed).

Data and Resources

Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 21:56 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 21:56 (UTC)
contact_email	economicinfo@gov.ab.ca
contact_person	{"en": "Economic Development and Trade", "fr": "Economic Development and Trade"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	["economy"]
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	federated
open_canada_date_published	2013-05-28 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"en": ["Labor", "Unemployment", "Unemployment Rate", "Working Age Population", "Youth Unemployment", "employment", "female unemployment", "labour", "labour force", "male unemployment"], "fr-t-en": ["Main-d'œuvre", "Chômage", "Taux de chômage", "Population en âge de travailler", "Chômage des jeunes", "emploi", "chômage des femmes", "la main d'oeuvre", "population active", "chômage des hommes"]}
open_canada_subject	["labour"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr
update_frequency	P1M