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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses3 E/ `/ R4 X$ o7 f/ D0 F" g# v+ ^
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Migration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. 7 D, B+ U% B6 C
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From April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta.
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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.
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0 N! }9 e7 R% z! cOnly 312 Canadians moved to Alberta in the first three months of the year and Alberta posted net losses in the two quarters before that. 4 G# \. [$ }# Q) v( L0 G1 r
. K4 Q( D9 X' u$ J- p& y( ABetween 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces. 0 k( J" T3 h3 i
8 G% ]2 n: ~5 Q) p) o* UIt 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. 0 L, s% b! j' X. Z& r
. d0 @5 y* N! Z$ N a( ~ATB 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.
& C4 u2 f8 M; L& y+ U“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects. ! t+ s1 X$ D0 a$ y* e
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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.”
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7 ~ `9 K2 n( X9 Q/ g$ OBut he said a still-recovering job market in Alberta means a quick return to the pace of migration seen during the boom is unlikely.
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4 C, g& L2 W& @& \Statistics Canada said Alberta’s population in the second quarter climbed by 18,538, or 0.5 per cent, to 3.72 million. ) t. W3 J* Q2 B; Y
( M6 Q' w/ @" K6 e ?That was the highest increase rate among provinces and includes arrivals from other provinces and countries, as well as births.
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; m7 c2 C. V0 @+ b& y% ]. w2 w0 H“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency. : N9 @& b1 e; S; @. J4 j
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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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( U" y' V) Z" ^. p“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said. r& {3 I/ f) i' J2 {" }+ h8 d" ?3 a% t
" d: ^9 J5 z+ o1 ]0 q3 yAs 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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