一个实实在在的好消息：Alberta rebounds as magnet for job seekers

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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses
4 T- ^, n* ?' x! O/ w; x4 OFrom Today's Edmonton Journal

- J! r; i! q- u! mMigration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.

, ?+ g- a( f( P5 s/ [; AFrom April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta.
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That means people from other provinces are being drawn by Alberta’s economy after months of dwindling or negative interprovin-cial migration to Alberta.
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Only 312 Canadians moved to Alberta in the first three months of the year and Alberta posted net losses in the two quarters before that.
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Between 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces.

/ Q- K4 j$ u  W5 [' ~  h7 hIt was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95.

5 w( H7 N. E* l; [4 {+ H1 p1 HIt followed a peak during 200506 when 45,800 interprovincial migrants arrived.

) y' l1 e1 r0 h. hATB Financial economist Dan Sumner said interprovincial migration is one of the best measures of the relative economic and social health of a region.
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“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said.
" S! `0 F" j+ N! h5 F“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects.

( ], R5 n# S4 o3 ]+ h# F8 l: ^. h“During the mid-decade, unsustainably strong job prospects drove migrants to Alberta from all corners of the country, although this trend reversed course quickly during the recession.”
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/ b0 z' F) \- f- Q8 |5 x  }& B$ E2 g. i, ZBut he said a still-recovering job market in Alberta means a quick return to the pace of migration seen during the boom is unlikely.

; ^3 v9 d4 @  }/ H1 _  t; |; bStatistics Canada said Alberta’s population in the second quarter climbed by 18,538, or 0.5 per cent, to 3.72 million.
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That was the highest increase rate among provinces and includes arrivals from other provinces and countries, as well as births.

% x& }, K. Z- Q( M“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency.

3 z/ ?  u2 M; R: wSumner said the province’s strong natural increase was partly due to its population having the lowest median age at 35.8, compared to the national average of 39.7.

9 M: r/ t) o- s6 z* d+ [5 P* P5 i“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said.

As of July 1, Canada’s population was estimated at 34.1 million, up 120,800 or 0.36 per cent from April 1.

pcmouse

今年三月底时应发一个新闻：
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  v9 q1 }: B. M6 k8 }( N! m9 k$ [一个实实在在的坏消息：Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces

UncleSam

2# pcmouse


2 g  J% M$ k0 ]% W5 s- ~no. between 2009 and this year, a loss of 2,200, which means before the second quarter of this year, from 2009 to march this year, a net loss of 5020 (2,200 plus 2,820) to other provinces.

; m+ z5 o: k5 B; E+ f2 Xanyway, a very nice reversal, gaining half of the loss of about 2 years in one quarter.