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The Twenty-Four Seven by ATB
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June 13, 2025
Chart of the Week: Productive energy
Natural Resources Canada reports that the energy sector contributed $279 billion to nominal Canadian GDP (10% of total) in 2023 and 697,000 direct and indirect jobs (3.5% of total).
Less commonly cited is that oil and gas and adjacent industries have the highest levels of labour productivity. As one would expect, they also offer some of the highest wages. Our Chart of the Week shows productivity vs. wages for industries across the business sector, using recent 2024 results from Statistics Canada.
Alberta’s industry composition, with a higher share of workers in the energy sector, mainly explains Alberta’s productivity lead over other provinces.
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Retail sales, the unemployment rate, population growth, inflation, international trade—these are just a few of the economic trends the team makes sense of in ATB’s daily insights.
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