Registered Apprenticeship Program Participants by Trade in Alberta

Alberta's Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP) data tracks high school participants, their transition to regular apprenticeships, and subsequent trade certification. The dataset is presented by trade for the most recent calendar year and is provided by the Government of Alberta. It was last updated on April 2, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze high school participation rates in the Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP) based on trade.
• Track the progression of RAP participants into regular apprenticeship programs based on the described transition metric.
• Evaluate the success rate of RAP participants achieving trade certification based on the described certification metric.
• Compare apprenticeship pipeline health across different trades based on the data presented by trade.

Strengths

• Data is broken down by trade, allowing for detailed sectoral analysis.
• Tracks a multi-stage career pathway from high school participation to certification.
• Published under the OGL-CA-2.0 license, permitting open use and redistribution.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, and XLS.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the Government of Alberta's jurisdiction.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

Administrative data from the Registered Apprenticeship Program.

Time Range

Most recent calendar year.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-02 12:41:51.738866; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alberta, Canada