Alberta responsible for nearly 80 per cent of all new jobs in Canada
There were 2,677,300 people employed in Alberta as of last month, up three per cent from last year, while total employment across Canada grew by only 0.5 per cent.
Alberta accounted for nearly 80 per cent of all jobs created across Canada over the last year, despite being home to only 12 per cent of the country’s total population.
According to Statistics Canada’s latest job report, the province has added 78,500 jobs in the past 12 months. That accounts for the overwhelming majority of the 99,000 total that was added across Canada.
