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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses b4 A- b# }5 t8 o1 A
From Today's Edmonton Journal
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Migration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. ! {, f5 @2 t" y' ^- }# ^- z
% Q7 S. Q+ N- M! p# dFrom April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta. , x `; q1 p' o/ i+ Y& ~7 S
8 _& y3 K v% a" d& O: sThat means people from other provinces are being drawn by Alberta’s economy after months of dwindling or negative interprovin-cial migration to Alberta. 6 _" @7 U8 o* O) W
. b0 l- B8 F- n0 |8 dOnly 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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2 a' S6 f7 X4 c* l7 g3 `Between 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces. 5 D" p# u. _" g0 U7 ?$ \! s
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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. $ x/ k- t' D; [3 [7 A5 g0 Z$ @
7 k; }$ v( K" e5 b: D9 `5 o, bATB Financial economist Dan Sumner said interprovincial migration is one of the best measures of the relative economic and social health of a region. * D! |) z+ I9 V
- h/ }$ a" S5 K. }3 L# N“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said. ( v8 V7 [3 ^# }. A" B% c! n) y
“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects.
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# W1 X- |. x" A9 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.”
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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. ) `# G, I |+ z/ I4 g2 ]& D
5 K! F6 Y1 g7 x5 a; zStatistics 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. 2 @/ ~0 w* N/ x9 e& n
~+ I! j7 ^- P# z u/ U“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency. 2 j; X" X' G1 Q
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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. + K* s3 m; ~; l6 |8 W' b4 q' H
5 [0 V ^/ e2 |$ `% Q3 M“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said.
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" ?2 ~$ W! C! ]: f3 ?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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