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The lowest level of national unemployment came in 1947 with a 2.2% unemployment rate, a result of the smaller pool of available workers caused by casualties from the Second World War. The highest level of unemployment throughout Canada was set in December 1982, when the early 1980s recession resulted in 13.1% of the adult population being out ...
The energy industry provided 7.7% of all jobs in Alberta in 2013, [7] and 140,300 jobs representing 6.1% of total employment of 2,286,900 in Alberta in 2017. [11] The unemployment rate in Alberta peaked in November 2016 at 9.1%. Its lowest point in a ten-year period from July 2009 to July 2019, was in September 2013 at 4.3%. [12]
The unemployment rate in Alberta peaked in November 2016 at 9.1%. [96] The unemployment rate in the spring of 2019 in Alberta was 6.7% with 21,000 jobs added in April. [102] By July 2019, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate had increased to 7.0% and remained at about that level since then. [96]
18th Premier of Alberta; In office ... (Calgary Southeast; 1997–2015) In office ... workers who did not qualify for unemployment insurance over a period of ...
Matt Jones ECA MLA is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-South East in the 30th Alberta Legislature. [1] [2] He was re-elected in 2023. Jones is the Minister of Jobs, Economy and Trade as well as being active on the Alberta First Cabinet Policy Committee.
Interprovincial migration to Alberta rises and drops dependent of the price of oil. There was a dramatic reduction after the 2014 drop in oil prices , however, it dramatically recovered starting in 2021-22 and reached historic highs thereafter.
On 25 May, Calgary, Alberta workers from 24 unions voted for a general strike. The Calgary general strike is the largest labour dispute in the city's history, costing 31,700 striker days and lasting four weeks. As the strike progressed, more unions voted to participate including bricklayers, masons, and plasterers. [31]
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary; In office March 22, 1909 – 1911: ... a maximum number of working hours per week, unemployment insurance, ...