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一个实实在在的好消息:Alberta rebounds as magnet for job seekers

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发表于 2010-9-30 15:13 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses- A: x: O) g) d
From Today's Edmonton Journal
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Migration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. ; a6 K0 c* H- p: S
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From April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta.
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5 k7 V) _2 }+ E; z3 P3 W7 ^That means people from other provinces are being drawn by Alberta’s economy after months of dwindling or negative interprovin-cial migration to Alberta. $ Y1 V0 P- R$ C3 v+ M
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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. : U# W0 ?( l+ T/ ]' N$ V4 k- H

/ d1 B% [- m" ^6 f1 zBetween 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces. / X( _+ x: |9 M9 Q0 {- i/ m! w8 j

+ r8 x3 U7 U. OIt was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95. ! [: a2 w. K/ y% n7 ]! w+ O3 m
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It followed a peak during 200506 when 45,800 interprovincial migrants arrived. " j6 ~9 D% O5 v1 s7 j
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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. 1 {5 e& S- t5 p7 n* d
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“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said.
. f6 P5 B8 E& }6 U) f5 X6 [“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects. ; `  d8 C: Y- o0 n, n
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“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.” 3 ?* j, A% L+ V

/ r3 ~9 H- R. L; s7 x7 ZBut 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 y1 j& ^  F0 d0 e0 w
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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. * ^% P" w& \2 ]& C3 d: m

* P& ?+ Q. ], Z, Z/ AThat was the highest increase rate among provinces and includes arrivals from other provinces and countries, as well as births. ; C3 l5 j' d" G3 }! M- K

' t1 n$ y; A$ G" z! I! \“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency.
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6 B$ p; R' f0 u2 K; PSumner 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. ' ]1 i; K: L5 y( c# m0 x1 d

+ B* D5 Y* x% ?* P“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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发表于 2010-9-30 19:06 | 显示全部楼层
今年三月底时应发一个新闻:+ P- ^# L5 P3 _/ q/ ~1 H& I; X. f

. c* ?- v, A, h! Z6 a8 b3 F一个实实在在的坏消息:Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces
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发表于 2010-10-3 10:13 | 显示全部楼层
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6 E/ F0 E, `, ~6 ^+ Q5 O0 U* H8 Hno. 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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- U: G% @7 {. X0 i# u% Kanyway, a very nice reversal, gaining half of the loss of about 2 years in one quarter.
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