Alberta Agri-Food Industry Employment Trends Over 20 Years

Government of Alberta data provides information on the employed labour force in Alberta's agri-food industries for a 20-year period. It presents trends for total agriculture industries employment, broken down by animal production, crop production, and other agriculture. The dataset includes total agri-food industries average annual employed labour force and the percent share of all industries employment.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term employment trends in Alberta's agri-food sector based on the 20-year time series.
• Compare employment contributions between animal production, crop production, and other agriculture sub-sectors.
• Model the agri-food industry's share of total provincial employment based on the included percent share data.
• Forecast labor demand in specific agricultural industries based on historical employment trends.

Strengths

• Covers a 20-year period, enabling longitudinal analysis.
• Includes breakdowns by major agricultural sub-sectors (animal production, crop production, other agriculture).
• Provides both absolute employment numbers and relative share of all industries.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to open_canada, focusing solely on Alberta.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta

Time Range

20-year period (specific years not stated)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-02 12:42:45.748349; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alberta, Canada