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

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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses
; M6 R) R1 f: X6 {From Today's Edmonton Journal

  F; i2 o: J/ q% E! GMigration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.

4 W, t/ k1 G8 eFrom April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta.

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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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.

5 W8 W; b- `2 [Between 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces.
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% |, k; \) o  i) s% L" u" F5 G, Q; r2 gIt was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95.

It followed a peak during 200506 when 45,800 interprovincial migrants arrived.

2 S6 y6 z4 [# x; Z* R1 zATB 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.
' u, x/ r' S1 w9 K$ X2 p" m4 i; m“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects.
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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.”

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.

$ E+ d% A  j4 hStatistics 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.

4 g0 g" G" c+ {3 U, P“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency.
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2 O7 B/ o8 R8 ASumner 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.

- H* {1 N8 ?: f; U, }! `& f2 I6 W“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said.
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/ n% G5 _4 S( q% }( e& BAs of July 1, Canada’s population was estimated at 34.1 million, up 120,800 or 0.36 per cent from April 1.

pcmouse

今年三月底时应发一个新闻：

2 t# m8 m! D7 @$ J4 P$ C& g- K一个实实在在的坏消息：Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces

UncleSam

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no. 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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3 n* L# D' W; E  i  d: [% G% ^anyway, a very nice reversal, gaining half of the loss of about 2 years in one quarter.