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===Extraction industries=== According to the Government of Alberta, the "mining and oil and gas extraction industry accounted for 6.1% of total employment in Alberta in 2017".<ref name="GovAB_2018">{{Cite journal |date=2017 |title=Industry Profiles 2018 Mining and Oil and Gas Extraction Industry |url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/f5a3586b-9fad-47a5-8741-e46cf5008d16/resource/9b026daf-1045-49bb-aad6-34996db59914/download/industry-profile-mining-oil-and-gas-extraction.pdf |journal=Alberta Government |pages=10}}</ref> By April 2019, there were about 145,100 people working directly with the oil and gas industry.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Canada lost 3,000 oil and gas jobs in April| work =Alaska Highway News| access-date = September 6, 2019| url= https://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/business/canada-lost-3-000-oil-and-gas-jobs-in-april-1.23821922}}</ref> In 2013, there were 171,200 people employed in the mining and oil and gas extraction industry.<ref name="occinfo_alis_alberta_2016">{{cite web |date=2015 |title=Mining and Oil and Gas Extraction |url=http://occinfo.alis.alberta.ca/occinfopreview/industries/mining-and-oil-and-gas-extraction.aspx |access-date=April 16, 2022 |publisher=OCCinfo: Occupations and Educational Programs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719050243/http://occinfo.alis.alberta.ca/occinfopreview/industries/mining-and-oil-and-gas-extraction.aspx |archive-date=19 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2007 there were 146,900 people working in the mining and oil and gas extraction industry.<ref name="AB_energy_jobs_2007">{{citation |url=http://www.energy.alberta.ca/About_Us/1527.asp |title=About us |work=Alberta Energy |access-date=September 24, 2009 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706164531/http://www.energy.alberta.ca/About_Us/1527.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Oil and Gas Extraction industry = 69,900 * Support Activities for Mining & Oil & Gas Extraction (primarily oil and gas exploration and drilling) = 71,700 * Mining other than oil and gas (mainly coal and mineral mining & quarrying) = 5,100
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