EVIDENCE
(Fig. 6.)
- source: Statistics Canada. "Gross Domestic Product, Expenditure-based, by Province and Territory." Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. December 20, 2013. Accessed May 15, 2014. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/econ15-eng.htm.
This statistic shows that Alberta has the second largest GDP of all the provinces. GDP is the measure of all the goods and services produced in a particular province (14). GDP is a good way to indicate the size of a province's economy (15). as you can infer from this statistic Alberta has one of the largest economies of all the provinces. This would show that Alberta does not suffer the social problem of regional disparity and is in fact one of the more wealthier provinces.
(Fig. 7.)
- "List of Canadian Provinces and Territories by Gross Domestic Product." Wikipedia. December 05, 2014. Accessed May 15, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_provinces_and_territories_by_gross_domestic_product.
- Statistics Canada. "Gross Domestic Product, Expenditure-based, by Province and Territory." Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. December 20, 2013. Accessed May 15, 2014. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/econ15-eng.htm.
- Statistics Canada. "Population by Year, by Province and Territory (Number)." Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. November 25, 2013. Accessed May 13, 2014. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/demo02a-eng.htm.
This table shows that Alberta has the second highest GDP per capita of all the provinces. GDP per capita is the total GDP of the province divided by the population of said province (16). GDP per capita tells us how much the province can spend per person of the population, this includes: how much money a person in said province earns, spends, and the quality of public services they use, because of this it is a good indicator of quality of life (17). As you can see from this statistic, Alberta has a very high GDP per capita; therefore the quality of life in Alberta must be significantly higher than when it was in the 1930s. One can also see from this statistic that Alberta is one of the wealthier provinces.
(Fig. 8.)
- Statistics Canada. "Unemployment Rates, by Province." Unemployment Rates, by Province. November 25, 2008. Accessed May 17, 2014. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/71-222-x/2008001/sectionc/c-unemployment-chomage-eng.htm.
This bar-graph shows that Alberta has the second lowest unemployment rate of all the provinces, lower than the Canadian average. This statistic shows that Alberta has greatly recovered from the social problem in the 1930s in terms of employment. Since Alberta has such a low unemployment rate it has nearly the maximum amount of output it could possibly produce. However, it also has a high enough unemployment rate to avoid problems such as labor shortages and lack of skilled workers (18).
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- Seskus, Tony. "Part 2: Oil Hunters Usher in New Era." Www.calgaryherald.com. May 14, 2014. Accessed May 15, 2014. http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Part%2Bhunters%2Busher/9819439/story.html.
The following is a long newspaper article that goes over the history of Albertan oil. It shows how oil has played such a large part in Alberta's history and how oil has made Alberta rich. This newspaper article proves that the discovery of oil is what ultimately lead to Alberta overcoming the social; problem.