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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses4 d0 T: U% j ~
From 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. : [& D% y( j. {
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That means people from other provinces are being drawn by Alberta’s economy after months of dwindling or negative interprovin-cial migration to Alberta. 9 ^. p! ]1 n* `, H$ I& \& k2 Y
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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.
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Between 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces. 1 h g* W2 v+ W1 [
* ^+ W* J7 U4 a. JIt was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95. : F- H( W& W) O9 Q- z. N& b
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It followed a peak during 200506 when 45,800 interprovincial migrants arrived.
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) T- k1 t/ e0 }( i7 ^ATB Financial economist Dan Sumner said interprovincial migration is one of the best measures of the relative economic and social health of a region. + p& x! C7 y5 N( A
9 }0 ~4 K0 W3 D6 i, B“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said.
/ d, k# t# v! }+ F7 L5 I9 ?% q2 Y! n“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects. ( Q' C3 x, _& ]( x& L6 x5 v
! ?0 y+ P& c3 A* q' q+ p; ]“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 V8 c" m* f/ b& M9 Q* ]
6 s2 Z9 F4 c% m a5 V+ g3 DBut he said a still-recovering job market in Alberta means a quick return to the pace of migration seen during the boom is unlikely. 3 ?7 r6 G) Y* ^- j+ P
0 c9 Q5 w; ^% C. e4 h8 _" AStatistics Canada said Alberta’s population in the second quarter climbed by 18,538, or 0.5 per cent, to 3.72 million. , l4 l: `% G+ {+ G. L- K; a+ w" K
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That was the highest increase rate among provinces and includes arrivals from other provinces and countries, as well as births. : O0 {- t4 F( Q
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“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency. ; b/ I0 y, I" t* @3 p9 h
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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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