# Unemployment Rate — Alberta

Unemployment Rate — Alberta was 7.3% in October 2026, up 0.9 percentage points from September 2026 and down 0.3 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since October 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.9% (Jul 2022) to 15.4% (May 2020), averaging 7.5%.

- Source agency: Statistics Canada
- Makrognosis code: `CA-AB.UNEMP.M.SA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1976-01-01 to 2026-10-01 (610 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/canada/unemployment-rate-alberta

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| October 2026 | 7.3% |
| September 2026 | 6.4% |
| August 2026 | 6.8% |
| July 2026 | 7.0% |
| June 2026 | 7.0% |
| May 2026 | 6.6% |
| April 2026 | 7.0% |
| March 2026 | 6.5% |
| February 2026 | 6.3% |
| January 2026 | 6.4% |
| December 2025 | 6.7% |
| November 2025 | 6.5% |
| October 2025 | 7.6% |
| September 2025 | 7.7% |
| August 2025 | 8.2% |
| July 2025 | 7.9% |
| June 2025 | 6.8% |
| May 2025 | 7.4% |
| April 2025 | 7.2% |
| March 2025 | 7.2% |
| February 2025 | 6.8% |
| January 2025 | 6.8% |
| December 2024 | 6.8% |
| November 2024 | 7.6% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/CA-AB.UNEMP.M.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/CA-AB.UNEMP.M.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```