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
From Today's Edmonton Journal

1 c) R; e* m# w7 xMigration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.

$ l- w" J( `2 o7 s% G& J) A# jFrom April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta.

: w( W: Q' x; Y: a/ Z' sThat means people from other provinces are being drawn by Alberta’s economy after months of dwindling or negative interprovin-cial migration to Alberta.

* X5 |- D4 b: f, |. ^- \! AOnly 312 Canadians moved to Alberta in the first three months of the year and Alberta posted net losses in the two quarters before that.

( J" K1 G8 n4 k) k0 v* }Between 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces.

It was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95.

. d, Z8 A6 p" Q/ _' I1 `1 V. ~# Z$ \It followed a peak during 200506 when 45,800 interprovincial migrants arrived.

5 B4 C9 @9 Z5 JATB Financial economist Dan Sumner said interprovincial migration is one of the best measures of the relative economic and social health of a region.

“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said.
“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.”

0 }' u$ i1 g3 m" MBut he said a still-recovering job market in Alberta means a quick return to the pace of migration seen during the boom is unlikely.

; J% M" C; Q, E5 ^Statistics 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.

* s; P+ y, |1 G  [“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency.

5 f+ j# U/ z' QSumner 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.

. J$ q/ u$ C2 t& T4 K“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said.

As 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：

% k3 J7 `. y) e一个实实在在的坏消息：Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces

UncleSam

2# pcmouse
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7 w  p, \% [7 O$ Lno. 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.

7 o. g' f. J9 b" Ianyway, a very nice reversal, gaining half of the loss of about 2 years in one quarter.