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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses8 l; v# c+ L. b( a6 [% ?+ e
From Today's Edmonton Journal( J5 V6 Q5 r' \0 D2 J; X( H
9 m! q: Y. `7 a O8 g5 i( y# WMigration 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. 7 h6 m8 B4 f- s8 X. r: W
+ p+ W$ o* Q' v" @/ YThat means people from other provinces are being drawn by Alberta’s economy after months of dwindling or negative interprovin-cial migration to Alberta. * q( F' U% P+ C3 g
8 i' b8 B( v* `9 l# t+ ]6 ^3 qOnly 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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9 @& [* O- ^9 g# ]* [) {% {4 Z: }Between 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces. . W! b( {$ o i
% {9 Z, |2 r* n8 vIt was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95. # K6 s u, T1 ~" t' `9 T
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It followed a peak during 200506 when 45,800 interprovincial migrants arrived.
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; |3 s. c* n" f; S, GATB 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. ) P& Q: D. l' U
“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects.
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+ [( C/ ]) Y4 a# {7 P# r( @( F“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.” 9 h: ]5 z2 I& M8 X5 F3 M9 e
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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. , ^. H+ [( t2 K. X
6 I1 t2 {, U( NStatistics 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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1 X' u5 X6 X2 ]" E0 Z0 yThat 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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+ R1 ~4 c5 V/ v4 cSumner 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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