Alberta: the official figures for 2026

These are all the figures of jurisdictions.alberta in the data file: eight loose figures and six tables with 22 rows, each with the statute it comes from, when it took effect and how far it has been verified.

Updated September 6, 2026 · Figures verified against the statutes of each jurisdiction · see all figures and their sources

It is one of the 14 pages of the Jurisdictions block, inside official figures. The raw data is in legal-data-2026.json.

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Secondary source: The rule and the starting figures are official, but the resolved figure is not published by any authority: we work it out and show the arithmetic.
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`jurisdictions.alberta`

Figures in `jurisdictions.alberta`
Key	Value	Source	Validity	Status
`alberta.notice.qualifying_service` Alberta counts 90 days, not three months. Separate spells of work for the same employer are added together if less than 90 days passed between them (s. 54).	90 days	Employment Standards Code, s. 55 — Options for employer to terminate employment	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`alberta.severance.exists` Alberta has no separate statutory severance pay.	No	Employment Standards Code, R.S.A. 2000, c. E-9	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`alberta.group_termination.threshold`	50 employees	Employment Standards Code, s. 137 — Group termination	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`alberta.group_termination.window`	4 weeks	Employment Standards Code, s. 137 — Group termination	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`alberta.holidays.count` Alberta calls them general holidays. Employers and employees can agree to add more, and the Lieutenant Governor in Council can name extra ones by regulation, but nine are named in the Code itself.	9	Employment Standards Code, s. 25 — General holidays in Alberta	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`alberta.final_pay.days_after_termination` Outside limit, counted from your last day of work. The employer may pay sooner by using the other option, 10 days after the end of the pay period in which the job ended.	31 days	Employment Standards Code, s. 8 — Payment of wages, overtime pay and general holiday pay	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`alberta.final_pay.days_after_quit` Alberta uses the same deadline whether you were dismissed or you resigned.	31 days	Employment Standards Code, s. 8 — Payment of wages, overtime pay and general holiday pay	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`alberta.complaint.deadline` Counted from the date the employment ended. While you are still employed there is no deadline.	6 months	Employment Standards Code, s. 82 — Employee complaints	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06

Table `alberta.notice.schedule.rows`
`service_from_years`	`service_to_years`	`weeks`
0.25 years	2 years	1 week
2 years	4 years	2 weeks
4 years	6 years	4 weeks
6 years	8 years	5 weeks
8 years	10 years	6 weeks
10 years	—	8 weeks

Source: Employment Standards Code, s. 56 — Employer's termination notice. Reviewed on September 6, 2026.

Table `alberta.notice.employee_notice.rows`
`service_from_years`	`service_to_years`	`weeks`
0.25 years	2 years	1 week
2 years	—	2 weeks

Source: Employment Standards Code, s. 58 — Termination of employment by an employee. Reviewed on September 6, 2026.

Table `alberta.notice.temporary_layoff_limits.rows`
`label`	`max_value`	`max_unit`	`window_value`	`window_unit`	`condition`	`source`	`quote`
Basic limit	90	days	120	days	—	ab_esc_s63	The employment of an employee who is laid off for one or more periods exceeding, in total, 90 days within a 120-day period terminates, and termination pay is payable
While payments or recall rights last	—	—	—	—	The 90 days do not end the job while your employer keeps paying you wages or money instead of wages by agreement, or keeps up pension or insurance payments for you, or while recall rights under a collective agreement are still alive.	ab_esc_s63	unless (a) during the layoff the employer, by agreement with the employee, (i) pays the employee wages or an amount instead of wages

Source: Employment Standards Code, s. 63 — Termination pay after temporary layoff. Reviewed on September 6, 2026.

Table `alberta.group_termination.schedule.rows`
`employees_from`	`employees_to`	`weeks`
50	—	4 weeks

Source: Employment Standards Code, s. 137 — Group termination. Reviewed on September 6, 2026.

Table `alberta.vacation.schedule.rows`
`service_from_years`	`service_to_years`	`weeks`	`pay_percent`
0 years	5 years	2 weeks	4%
5 years	—	3 weeks	6%

Source: Employment Standards Code, s. 34 — Basic vacation entitlement. Reviewed on September 6, 2026.

Table `alberta.holidays.list.rows`
`name`	`date_rule`
New Year's Day	January 1
Alberta Family Day	Third Monday in February
Good Friday	Friday before Easter Sunday
Victoria Day	Monday before May 25
Canada Day	July 1
Labour Day	First Monday in September
Thanksgiving Day	Second Monday in October
Remembrance Day	November 11
Christmas Day	December 25

Source: Employment Standards Code, s. 25 — General holidays in Alberta. Reviewed on September 6, 2026.