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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses
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Migration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.
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From April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta. 5 x! ^9 T! B1 u! d, o
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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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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. / O$ t8 c" z; N2 G
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Between 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces. ' }) j6 |5 g* h0 \5 l6 W3 u3 n
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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. % a* R2 ^) z6 d' [
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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. / m& Q0 r! _0 f: m) j& p% N
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“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said.
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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.” ( Q: I8 F+ e7 a( v. f( q8 y
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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.
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' M( O" J! i) Q- ^* b. D, p$ [5 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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/ ] k# n* \& s) l# m# f, oThat was the highest increase rate among provinces and includes arrivals from other provinces and countries, as well as births.
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+ ^* F2 @# [ k7 P9 j: l2 P. K“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency.
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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. % n; p! v7 M g# W1 S6 F
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“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said. 6 x: k! J7 U& M: }6 r5 x+ o8 `/ U3 k
% M' z2 m3 k' j, b6 `: c" o- kAs 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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