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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses3 N5 C8 ^. e8 e7 Y
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& R! V4 G$ M5 Y' S8 r. S6 ]- I4 rMigration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.
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! v2 ^+ v) D9 Q1 ]4 A3 P, {From April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta.
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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. W' V, }& \5 L( B O. m
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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. 1 _6 _! F: w8 ~9 ?! u5 I
7 g" m# [; T7 S) F# R# y# aBetween 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces. ; R) ?* d$ Z7 k) j
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It was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95. - k- T* D0 {& q1 J. r9 R9 }
" i% j& y& o/ y7 \1 aIt followed a peak during 200506 when 45,800 interprovincial migrants arrived. 2 T* l4 b% M! a
9 I9 Y) |9 v! L, N1 n2 ~) t+ CATB Financial economist Dan Sumner said interprovincial migration is one of the best measures of the relative economic and social health of a region. " d8 L5 ~6 I* w7 ^$ V) J8 P
* {3 u- e! P. u“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said. 5 M1 Q, `* j3 x& V3 L$ v0 A# A
“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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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. . K0 B9 k3 ]* T
! u j3 w3 Y a' ZStatistics 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. ) B. M4 f/ ?; o6 P! K+ h
* P0 {7 f) X d0 ^“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency. / B; ]# p) z0 _! F) k# d, x
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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.
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“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said. - z" Y5 m4 D; R, h1 a
5 f4 Z% y5 e. I; bAs 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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