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

衣食住行

Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses
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  B7 ?5 B: v) T' ^- k. TMigration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.

' V3 k, ?/ [- j9 rFrom April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta.
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& O; V, G7 M. p) h9 ]That means people from other provinces are being drawn by Alberta’s economy after months of dwindling or negative interprovin-cial migration to Alberta.

$ @/ _6 y+ [" `; t: A% e8 rOnly 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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) ]' N( `' t0 g8 E( sBetween 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces.
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5 y5 F! U, Q, R" U4 NIt 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.
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ATB Financial economist Dan Sumner said interprovincial migration is one of the best measures of the relative economic and social health of a region.

! \' ^/ S) v& g& [3 @  b3 r“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.”
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& X1 x  [: |: ?& U+ S/ C* x! `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.

. @" t7 a, I& l( bStatistics 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.
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“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency.

6 D% f& {) P/ F! [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.

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：
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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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! W' p6 q+ b6 ano. 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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/ D- o* ?+ Y5 s3 }; nanyway, a very nice reversal, gaining half of the loss of about 2 years in one quarter.