Alberta #1 for Economic Freedom on the Continent!
Alberta has the highest level of economic freedom in North America in 2012 according to the Economic Freedom of the World - 2012 Annual Report by the Fraser Institute. Alberta was also at t...
Alberta Bars and Restaurants See New Sales High!
Many recent accolades received by Calgary and Edmonton have shown that even with the economic downturns experienced since 2008 Alberta has continued to head in a positive direction. And now ther...
Calgary, a Top Financial Centre in the World
Less than a week after Calgary was named as the Best City to Live in Canada by MoneySense Magazine, the city has increased its rank yet again on another report released by the Z/Yen Group surveying ...
Alberta - Highest Rate of Population Growth in Canada 2012
It isn’t unusual for Alberta to have the highest rate of population growth of all the Canadian provinces. Over the past few decades, people from other parts of our nation and the wor...
Calgary Forecasted Population and Employment Growth
Calgary is the largest city in the province of Alberta and is the third largest in all of Canada. In 2007 Calgary’s population reached the 1 million mark and ever since has continued to gro...
Alberta Retirement – More Albertan's are Choosing to Work Longer than Before
A less common statistic examined in monthly reports for jobs by economists is the participation rate based on age. This statistic measures the amount of population ...
Calgary 5th Highest Quality of Life 2012
Most of us here in Alberta know that we are pretty fortunate to live where we do. But how many of us truly know how amazing Alberta really is?
Sometimes it takes an outside source to recognize just how...
Alberta Ranks Top in 2011 Economic Freedom Report by Fraser Institute
Alberta has done it again. The western Canadian province has made another top list! This time it is the 2011 Economic Freedom Report by the Fraser Institute that Alberta top...
Accommodating those inbound to Alberta - September 2012
Those who use the LRT system in Calgary have probably noticed how packed the C-Trains have been as of late, a direct result of a high influx of people moving to Alberta. The province hasn...
Low Unemployment Rates in Alberta Compared to OECD Nations
Most people looking for a job in Alberta know that finding one isn’t particularly hard to do as times are good in the province. But how good exactly do we have it compared to the res...