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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses* e' \1 I \, ]
From Today's Edmonton Journal
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Migration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. 4 d7 y7 v% ?: e
% y$ s1 o& z% SFrom April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta.
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6 l5 [% p3 Z' V" KThat means people from other provinces are being drawn by Alberta’s economy after months of dwindling or negative interprovin-cial migration to Alberta. 0 U F2 x( X) ^- M$ D% q. N
- f& Z$ L' ?# O; i$ X+ 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.
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Between 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces. ; L( O5 I; |4 `3 F. l( G
( ?, B0 z7 Z" ^& V, `It 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. : [* r2 U( L+ D- ?% A' Q7 W
8 y6 x2 L# f1 ?# N! c7 |) hATB 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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6 [5 B" w8 n' c ]& h5 Y“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said. % I6 ?& c5 u0 d5 b; u6 ~+ A& ?
“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects. 3 p1 M( X+ `; y# R4 X
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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.” , j1 H' G/ W% l' D3 @$ O
' u1 _) ~) i1 bBut 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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, z2 _8 f8 M+ b( N# N/ xStatistics 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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) I7 i% @6 Z& o# m# h: G. WThat was the highest increase rate among provinces and includes arrivals from other provinces and countries, as well as births. ( z; K. v3 ]' O4 h0 A' U/ N6 t+ N
0 d! U" Q* ]: @1 ]8 H) A! v0 y“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency. " c; I1 z( m6 r i
- W8 M* j( j4 \: |, N1 @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. $ A: J1 c b$ Z1 y& R6 X& w5 v& K
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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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