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
7 b" m2 A6 X8 p' }% J7 v5 gFrom Today's Edmonton Journal
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Migration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.
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From April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta.

That means people from other provinces are being drawn by Alberta’s economy after months of dwindling or negative interprovin-cial migration to Alberta.

6 m4 J' `* ~8 G7 B6 s5 M2 iOnly 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.
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It was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95.

+ `, U) F  m9 q7 c$ w0 MIt followed a peak during 200506 when 45,800 interprovincial migrants arrived.
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% Y7 n, Y& c/ j' G) bATB 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.
" h) Z! u& f+ i5 g3 C“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects.

“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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But he said a still-recovering job market in Alberta means a quick return to the pace of migration seen during the boom is unlikely.
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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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0 N3 g5 L0 e% GThat 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.

. A/ C+ e6 i; B* u- uSumner 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.
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$ c% J; t  Y! F- b“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said.
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7 e& P# ~4 o* i' Z& M9 FAs 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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/ I: [6 ^' Y/ [' R5 R' S3 m" H一个实实在在的坏消息：Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces

UncleSam

2# pcmouse

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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.
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$ J2 ~! D5 l( P: A$ [# Panyway, a very nice reversal, gaining half of the loss of about 2 years in one quarter.