Other sectors have outpaced the oilpatch, where employment 'remains largely unchanged'
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Alberta is Canada’s job creation star so far this year, but no thanks to the energy sector, says a new report from Royal Bank of Canada.
The province had added nearly 79,000 more jobs as of June 2026 compared to a year ago, “but (its) traditional growth driver — the energy sector — has not been behind the increase,” Salim Zanzana, an economist at RBC, said in the report on Thursday.
Oilpatch hiring “remains largely unchanged” despite robust oil production and export demand, he said.
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Instead, health care, social assistance and public administration accounted for the gains, with full-time jobs outpacing part-time roles 58,500 to 20,100.
Alberta has sped ahead of the rest of the country, with job growth up three per cent year over year so far outpacing all the other provinces except Prince Edward Island.