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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses8 e5 n. c8 @8 F# j
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+ q. I3 l8 G6 S+ D6 I/ s6 b* _Migration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. 9 x8 {8 | l! C' V
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From April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta. , y+ G3 ]) f( i9 e5 W j; f
7 _; j! l; [1 |8 qThat 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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8 k: N6 a( z6 h! e6 q+ X* aOnly 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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7 p, y: ]/ Z) VBetween 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces. 1 O* e8 o- C4 N2 m0 [6 @
6 Z* \* y) z0 ?It was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95.
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It followed a peak during 200506 when 45,800 interprovincial migrants arrived.
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ATB Financial economist Dan Sumner said interprovincial migration is one of the best measures of the relative economic and social health of a region. / P9 V; |) V4 ]! W8 L
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“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said. / x5 f. f# R! K* O" t# l
“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects.
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1 e0 P; G9 ^/ W2 B- ~. C7 i“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.” 0 J }5 K V5 u* ]2 n
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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. # F- y g0 V# j1 ]- b$ x1 ~
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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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Sumner 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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“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said.
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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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