Alberta Provincial Electoral Divisions: CERB Recipients and Employment Sectors

87 Provincial Electoral Divisions (PEDs) in Alberta are visualized using 2021 Census data. The map product illustrates the percentage of CERB recipients versus working-age people with post-secondary education and the dominant employment sector per division. The boundaries were enacted in December 2017 and used for the 2019 provincial general election.

Use Cases

• Visualize socioeconomic disparities based on CERB recipient rates and education levels across electoral divisions.
• Analyze regional economic structures based on dominant employment sectors per division.
• Correlate electoral boundaries with demographic data from the 2021 Census.
• Create thematic maps for policy impact assessment based on bivariate color coding.

Strengths

• 87 distinct electoral divisions provide granular geographic coverage of Alberta.
• Data integrates 2021 Census statistics with legislated electoral boundaries.
• Bivariate mapping combines two key socioeconomic factors: CERB recipients and post-secondary education.

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.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta

Collection Method

Boundaries defined by the Alberta Election Act; census data created by Statistics Canada.

Time Range

Boundaries enacted December 2017; census data from 2021.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 14:44:43.514982; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alberta, Canada.