Editing Economy of Alberta (section)

===Largest employers of Alberta===
According to ''[[Alberta Venture]]'' magazine's list of the 50 largest employers in the province, the largest employers are:
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! Rank (2012)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://v250.albertaventure.com/largest-alberta-employers/?myyear=2011 |title=Alberta Venture 100 Largest Employers 2012 |access-date=December 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921075831/http://v250.albertaventure.com/largest-alberta-employers/?myyear=2011 |archive-date=September 21, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! Rank (2010)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://v250.albertaventure.com/largest-alberta-employers/?myyear=2009 |title=Alberta Venture 50 Largest Employers 2010 |access-date=December 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729005107/http://v250.albertaventure.com/largest-alberta-employers/?myyear=2009 |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! Rank (2007)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://v250.albertaventure.com/largest-alberta-employers/?myyear=2006 |title=Alberta Venture 50 Largest Employers 2007 |access-date=December 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729005729/http://v250.albertaventure.com/largest-alberta-employers/?myyear=2006 |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! Employer
! Industry
! 2019 Employees (Total)
! 2012 Employees (Total)
! 2010 Employees (Total)
! 2007 Employees (Total)
! Head office
! Description
! Notes
|-
| 1
| 1
| *
| [[Alberta Health Services]]
| Healthcare
| 102,700<ref name="AHS_2019">{{citation |url=https://albertahealthservices.ca/about/about.aspx |work=Alberta Health Services |title=About |access-date=September 9, 2019}}</ref>
| 99,400
| 92,200
| see note
| Edmonton
| Provincial public health authority
| Created in 2008 by merging nine separate provincial health authorities.
|-
| 2
| 2
| 4.
| [[Safeway (Canada)|Canada Safeway Limited]]
| Wholesale and Retail Trade
|
| 30,000
| 30,000
| 34,318
| Calgary
| Food and drug retailer
| subsidiary of [[Sobeys]] Inc. since 2014, before that subsidiary of American chain
|-
| 3
| 6
| n/a
| [[Agrium Inc.]]
| Agri-business
| 15,200 (2016)<ref>[https://business.financialpost.com/commodities/mining/potash-corp-and-agrium-agree-to-merge-to-create-global-agricultural-giant-worth-36-billion FP]</ref>
| 14,800
| 11,153
| n/a
| Calgary
| Wholesale producer, distributor and retailer of agricultural products and services in North and South America
| n/a = not listed in 2007
|-
| 4
| 7
| 8
| [[University of Alberta]]
| Education
|
| 14,500
| 10,800
| 11,000
| Edmonton
| Publicly funded accredited university
| 
|-
| 5
| 4
| 29
| [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]
| Transportation
| 12,695 
| 14,169
| 14,970
| 15,232
| Calgary
| Railway and inter-modal transportation services
|
|-
| 6
| 5
| 31
| [[Suncor Energy]]
| Petroleum Resource Industry
| ~12,500<ref>{{cite report |title=Investor information Q1 2019 |date=May 1, 2019 |publisher=Suncor }}</ref>
| 13,026
| 12,978
| 5,800
| Calgary
| Petroleum extraction, refining, and retail
| Merged with [[Petro-Canada]] in 2009
|-
| 7
| 9
| 35
| [[Shaw Communications]]
| Communications
|
| 12,500
| 10,000
| 8,985
| Calgary
| Provider of digital telecommunications services [cable television / internet / telephony] and community television production facilities
|
|-
| 8
| 8
| 15
| [[Flint Energy Services Ltd.]]
| Energy
|
| 11,211
| 10,280
| 6,169
| Calgary
| Energy / Construction
|
|-
| 9
| 11
| n/a
| [[Stantec Inc.]]
| Professional Services
|
| 11,100
| 9,300
| n/a
| Edmonton
| Architecture/Engineering/Construction
| n/a = not listed in 2007
|-
| 10
| 12
| 9
| [[Calgary Board of Education]]
| Public Education
| 14,000
| 9,106
| 9,278
| 10,972
| Calgary
| Municipal K-12 Public Education School Board
|
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