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Calgary, AB · POP — · EMP 724,200 · DATA GRADE A

Calgary, AB

53.3 /100

exposure score (OpenAI task-exposure index via NOC crosswalk — single-index tier)

#8 of 41

more exposed than 83% of Canadian CMAs

Secondary measures

26.7%

of workers are in occupations where ≥50% of tasks are LLM-exposed (Eloundou β; threshold-sensitive — note)

97.3%

of area employment matched to scored occupations (grade A)

Scenario: if replacement-level AI arrives in 2030

2027 2035

Figure 1. Modeled displacement under the median preset (diffusion k=0.8, ceiling 0.75, automation share 0.45, friction lag 1.5y, attrition 3%/y). Solid: positions eliminated. The gap between gross and layoffs is natural attrition — speed of diffusion, not depth of exposure, determines layoffs. This is a scenario, not a forecast: adjust every assumption.

Where the losses land — and your assumptions

Positions eliminated by 2035 per occupation group, under the arrival year selected above. Drag any multiplier if you think we're wrong about a group — your model, your numbers. Multipliers scale that group's task exposure (×0 = immune, ×2 = double).

Table 3. Group exposure = employment-weighted mean task exposure (Eloundou β over the group's local occupations). Bars use the same scenario engine as Figure 1 (median preset).

Most exposed local occupations

OccupationJobsMedian wageExposure [range]
Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers 25,500
61.7
Financial auditors and accountants 13,995
81.1
Retail and wholesale trade managers 16,385
68.2
Administrative officers 10,415
82.9
Administrative assistants 7,960
94.9
Information systems specialists 7,310
93.4
Accounting and related clerks 7,240
86.6
Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses 14,220
43.3
Elementary school and kindergarten teachers 10,930
46.9
Receptionists 5,875
84.5

Table 2. Ranked by exposure × local employment. Bands on the 0–100 occupation scale.

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