Licensed Community Pharmacies in Alberta, Annual Count and Percentage Change

Annual statistics on the number and percentage change of licensed community pharmacies in Alberta, published by Alberta Health. The data is part of the Alberta Health Care Insurance Statistical Supplement report and is funded by Alberta Health and administered by Alberta Blue Cross. The dataset is available in XLSX and HTML formats and was last updated on 2026-04-17.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in pharmacy availability based on annual count data
• Model regional healthcare access based on pharmacy statistics
• Benchmark pharmacy market changes based on percentage change figures

Strengths

• Data is published annually by the authoritative source, Alberta Health.
• Includes both count and percentage change metrics for longitudinal analysis.
• Available in structured formats (XLSX, HTML) for direct analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is from the future (2026-04-17).

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta

Collection Method

Published as part of the annual 'Alberta Health Care Insurance Statistical Supplement' report.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 14:37:53.959855; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alberta, Canada