How did the unemployment rate for people aged 15 and over change in Alberta?
The answer
Unemployment rate for people aged 15 and over increased in Alberta.
- Overall change
- +0.3 percentage points
- Increase
- Start · 1990
- 6.9%
- Latest · 2025
- 7.2%
What this answer shows
- Measure
- Unemployment rate for people aged 15 and over
- Area shown
- Alberta
- Period
- 1990–2025Annual
- Unit
- Percent
Selected details
- Measure
- Unemployment rate
- Age group
- 15 years and over
Unemployment rate for people aged 15 and over rose from 6.9% to 7.2% between 1990 and 2025—an increase of 0.3 percentage points. It reached an observed high of 11.4% in 2020 before ending at 7.2% in 2025.
Unemployment rate for people aged 15 and over in Alberta
Annual · 36 observations · 1990–2025
- Unemployment rate for people aged 15 and over7.2%
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- Observed high
- 11.4%2020
- Observed low
- 3.6%2006
Exact values36 observations · 1990–2025
| Period | Unemployment rate for people aged 15 and over |
|---|---|
| 2025Latest | 7.2% |
| 2024 | 7% |
| 2023 | 5.9% |
| 2022 | 5.8% |
| 2021 | 8.6% |
| 2020 | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 6.9% |
| 2018 | 6.5% |
| 2017 | 8% |
| 2016 | 8.2% |
| 2015 | 6.1% |
| 2014 | 4.8% |
| 2013 | 4.6% |
| 2012 | 4.7% |
| 2011 | 5.6% |
| 2010 | 6.6% |
| 2009 | 6.8% |
| 2008 | 3.8% |
| 2007 | 3.7% |
| 2006 | 3.6% |
| 2005 | 4% |
| 2004 | 4.7% |
| 2003 | 5.1% |
| 2002 | 5.3% |
| 2001 | 4.7% |
| 2000 | 5% |
| 1999 | 5.7% |
| 1998 | 5.6% |
| 1997 | 5.9% |
| 1996 | 6.9% |
| 1995 | 7.8% |
| 1994 | 8.8% |
| 1993 | 9.6% |
| 1992 | 9.5% |
| 1991 | 8.2% |
| 1990 | 6.9% |
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About this data
How to read this measureThe unemployment rate is the number of unemployed persons expressed as a percentage of the labour force. The unemployment rate for a particular group (age, gender, marital status, etcetera) is the number unemployed in that group expressed as a percentage of the labour force for that group. Estimates are percentages, rounded to the nearest tenth.
Data shown through 2025Table updated
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Adapted from Statistics Canada, Unemployment rate, participation rate and employment rate by educational attainment, annual, 2026-01-09. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
How this answer was calculatedThe headline compares the first and last observations shown. Overall change is the last percentage minus the first and is reported in percentage points. Intermediate observations remain visible in the chart and exact values. This is descriptive and does not identify causes.