Chart Catalogue

Bank of Canada's energy commodity price index tracking oil, gas, and coal prices over 20 years.

Broad commodity price index from Bank of Canada covering energy, metals, agriculture, and forestry.

Dual-axis comparison of energy commodity prices against the Canadian dollar exchange rate.

Bank of Canada index for non-energy commodities — agriculture, metals, forestry.

GDP contribution from Alberta's mining, oil, and gas extraction sector over time.

GDP contribution from Alberta's construction sector — a leading indicator of economic expansion.

Canadian dollar vs US dollar exchange rate — a key variable for Alberta's export-driven economy.

Energy commodity price trends informing drilling activity levels across Alberta.

Mining and oil & gas extraction GDP trend driving drilling investment.

How energy commodity prices correlate with the Canadian dollar exchange rate.

Construction sector GDP as a proxy for drilling infrastructure investment.

Alberta's boom-bust cycle visualized: energy commodity prices vs unemployment rate.

How energy price swings drive housing construction activity in Alberta.

Alberta's real gross domestic product — the broadest measure of economic output.

Consumer price index for Alberta — tracks inflation across goods and services.

Alberta Treasury Board's composite economic activity index — monthly pulse of the province.

Multi-line comparison of GDP across 6 major Alberta industries: oil/gas, construction, manufacturing, tech, real estate, agriculture.

What percentage of Alberta's total GDP comes from oil and gas extraction — the diversification metric.

Growth of Alberta's technology and professional services sector GDP.

Monthly trend of new business licences issued in Edmonton — a proxy for entrepreneurial activity.

Monthly building permit activity in Edmonton — leading indicator of construction growth.

Bank of Canada price index for agricultural commodities — wheat, canola, cattle, and more.

Alberta's agriculture sector GDP contribution over time.

Total farm cash receipts for Alberta — the income side of agriculture.

Side-by-side comparison of Alberta's crop and livestock farm cash receipts.

Dual-axis comparison showing how agriculture and energy commodity prices move together.

Bank of Canada's overnight target rate — the most important interest rate in Canada.

Monthly unemployment rate for Alberta from the Labour Force Survey.

Alberta's total population estimate — quarterly updates from Statistics Canada.

Monthly retail trade sales for Alberta across all store types.

Alberta retail sales broken down by 11 subsectors — motor vehicles, food, clothing, electronics, and more.

What percentage of Alberta retail sales happen online vs in-store.

Monthly e-commerce retail sales volume for Alberta.

Monthly food services and drinking places revenue for Alberta.

Total food services industry revenue for Alberta — restaurants, cafes, bars.

Monthly legal cannabis retail sales in Alberta.

Long-term trend of legal cannabis sales in Alberta since legalization.

Cannabis as a percentage of total Alberta retail sales.

Breakdown of cannabis sales by product category — dried flower, edibles, extracts, accessories.

Monthly business openings vs closures across all NAICS industries in Alberta.

Total count of active businesses in Alberta over time.

Business openings and closures in Alberta's retail trade sector.

Business openings and closures in Alberta's food services and accommodation sector.

Monthly business licence issuance trend in Edmonton by category.

Side-by-side comparison of average property assessment values across Alberta municipalities.

Property parcel counts compared across Alberta municipalities.

Vacant lot counts compared across Alberta municipalities — a proxy for development capacity.

Active business counts compared across Alberta municipalities.

Unemployment rate with risk-scoring thresholds for market timing.

Dual-axis chart showing how BoC rate changes affect housing start volumes.

Energy price movements as a leading indicator of unemployment risk.

Alberta's economic cycles visualized with historical boom/bust period overlays.

Policy rate trend for investment timing analysis.

Energy commodity price index for Alberta investment thesis analysis.

Energy-currency correlation for cross-border investment analysis.

Employment trend for assessing labour market strength.

Migration flows as a demand signal for Alberta investment.

Housing starts as a construction cycle indicator.

Total value of residential building permits — a forward-looking construction indicator.

Monthly dwelling unit creation in the Edmonton census metropolitan area.

Total residential building permit value in Edmonton CMA — a forward indicator of construction.

Single-family dwelling units created in the Edmonton CMA.

Breakdown of construction permit types in Edmonton.

Alberta major projects ($5M+) broken down by sector — oil/gas, infrastructure, commercial.

Newly permitted housing units in Edmonton by neighbourhood.

Top neighbourhoods for new home construction permits in Edmonton.

Total construction permit value by neighbourhood in Edmonton.

Top Edmonton neighbourhoods by average property assessment value.

Edmonton neighbourhoods with the highest redevelopment activity.

Edmonton neighbourhoods with the most renovation permit activity.

Top subdivisions by development activity in Strathcona County.

Property assessments by type in Strathcona County.

Property assessments by neighbourhood in St. Albert.

Monthly housing starts compared between Edmonton and Calgary CMAs.

Monthly housing completions compared between Edmonton and Calgary.

Units under construction compared between Edmonton and Calgary.

CMHC 5-year fixed conventional mortgage rate — the benchmark for homebuyer costs.

Monthly housing starts in the Edmonton census metropolitan area.

Monthly housing completions in the Edmonton CMA.

Total units under construction in the Edmonton CMA at any given time.

Multi-series overlay of starts, completions, and under-construction for the Edmonton CMA.

Dual-axis chart comparing housing starts with residential permit values.

CMHC rental vacancy rates compared between Edmonton and Calgary.

Average 1-bed and 2-bed rents compared between Edmonton and Calgary.

Average rents in Edmonton broken down by unit type — bachelor, 1-bed, 2-bed, 3-bed+.

Average rents in Calgary broken down by unit type.

Dual-axis view showing how vacancy rates relate to new housing starts.

Multi-year assessment value trends across major Alberta cities.

Highest average assessment neighbourhoods in Edmonton from UAlberta data.

Highest average assessment neighbourhoods in Calgary from UAlberta data.

Edmonton neighbourhoods with the highest total commercial assessment values.

Edmonton business licences broken down by business category.

Business licence density across Edmonton neighbourhoods.

Commercial building permit volume and trends in Edmonton.

Monthly new business licence issuance in Edmonton.

Province-wide retail sales trend for commercial market context.

Total employment in Alberta from the Labour Force Survey.

Alberta's labour force participation rate — what share of working-age adults are in the labour market.

Dual-axis overlay of total employment against unemployment rate.

Average weekly earnings for Alberta workers — a wage growth indicator.

Alberta's employment rate — the percentage of working-age population that is employed.

Quarterly international immigration flows into Alberta.

Net migration between Alberta and other provinces — positive means more people moving to Alberta.

Five-way breakdown: immigration, interprovincial migration, emigration, births, and deaths.

How Alberta's migration patterns track with energy commodity prices — people follow the boom.

Crime incidents in Calgary broken down by category — property, persons, drugs, traffic.

Monthly crime incident trend in Calgary over time.

Fire and emergency incidents in Edmonton broken down by type — structure fires, alarms, medical.

Monthly call volume trend for Edmonton Fire Rescue Services.

Monthly average temperature in Edmonton from Environment Canada weather stations.

Monthly average temperature in Calgary from Environment Canada weather stations.