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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses% W2 R5 @2 e( _4 \8 f& n
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Migration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. 9 c- q# I" W8 c2 D
+ o) l4 [( g2 @ f0 u; k; KFrom 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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0 L( x; L! W' ?) ?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. 6 x( [( a* w+ [0 X2 w
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Between 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces. 7 s. d/ k+ }9 t1 s
+ w& D/ i: G/ |- w- D6 z! E( KIt was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95.
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+ Y6 j% `# x0 x L, ]% B" uIt followed a peak during 200506 when 45,800 interprovincial migrants arrived. . { @! f! D% b* W
, d" e! t3 n2 Y2 Q1 A4 iATB Financial economist Dan Sumner said interprovincial migration is one of the best measures of the relative economic and social health of a region. 7 s0 m9 n5 |2 l6 f- R1 P6 j9 ^, [
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“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said.
: t" |' L+ |, [0 i9 E5 ^“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects.
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. O" R& q0 ]2 R6 c0 z' w“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.” ! Y3 q8 o7 D, g2 m3 R0 p
. J( n- C0 H# kBut he said a still-recovering job market in Alberta means a quick return to the pace of migration seen during the boom is unlikely. % ^0 |% G) C0 e3 k
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Statistics 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.
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“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency.
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, ?# q Z. n( A# d9 W) N" D5 \/ jSumner 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. " G( _2 j/ h0 e3 m' _7 |9 ^
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“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said. ) M& Q; D- \/ M% w) ?
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As of July 1, Canada’s population was estimated at 34.1 million, up 120,800 or 0.36 per cent from April 1. |
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