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Saskatchewan lures Albertans
, V0 B0 T+ g/ M$ X% Y4 OMike Sadava, The Edmonton Journal' P* t6 x/ B' e) e
Published: Friday, March 30, 2007
! o" h, p. s! Z9 l' i/ |, U/ CEDMONTON - Albertans are starting to be Saskatchewan-bound in growing numbers.
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7 Y  z9 e' A+ x- V" ?6 vFor the first time since 1996, more people are moving from Alberta to Saskatchewan than the other way around. It's part of a slight slowdown in Alberta's population growth, which is still increasing at four times the rest of the country.
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$ O/ J) D& P) y' q) H3 U- nAccording to Statistics Canada, 128 more Albertans moved one province east in the last three months of 2006.
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"This is a good batch of numbers," said Roy Schneider, spokesman for Saskatchewan Industry and Resources. "We were bleeding so many people to Alberta for such a long time I'd be happy to see (a net increase from Alberta of) two.
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+ T7 p( V# ^, I! i$ p6 eFor years, between 2,000 and 4,000 Saskatchewan residents per quarter would head out to Alberta in search of the good life.
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Even in the third quarter of 2006, Saskatchewan experienced a net loss of 994 people to Alberta, and the province launched an ad campaign, extolling the better life of Saskatchewan in billboards popping up around Edmonton.
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Statistics Canada hasn't tracked who these people are, but Crystal and Cam Hamilton, who moved back to Regina at the beginning of the year, might be typical.
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* g- @  M9 Q1 GCam moved here eight years ago to take a course in architectural drafting.% r" v0 e3 M/ x6 y) A) x
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There were no jobs in Regina in his field, so he stayed in Edmonton to work. Crystal followed him here and they married, eventually buying a house in Lymburn in southwest Edmonton.4 i& v, v9 q  A2 ?# [+ w
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After having their son Brady, who is now 11 months old, they decided it would be nice to be back in Regina with family, and that became possible.
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"Because the economy is so much bigger in Saskatchewan now, there are jobs again," Crystal Hamilton said.- t- \: E/ U: O" ]
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They ended up with a tidy nest egg from the move and managed to pay off their debts. The Edmonton house they bought two years ago for $157,000 got them $306,000, and they built a new, larger home in Regina for $190,000.
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"We're financially set now," she said. "It was perfect timing and turned out to be good idea in many ways."
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3 E3 |. @! U5 n3 V( Y0 O% q0 p% P# iShe said they liked Edmonton, other than the traffic, and made a lot of friends here who they will miss.# j. P9 d7 U* `; \9 M

$ N( {# G) s4 u/ v"It was sad to move, but it's also good to be back."
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Vicki Delnea and her husband Rod had similar reasons for moving to Regina from Calgary -- the difference in the cost of housing enabled them to pay off their mortgage.
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"In the end you have to figure out your priorities, and for us it was not being on the hamster wheel," she said.; j- C6 T1 B5 o: b! _) ]. `' Z( Y6 @/ H% u
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While she is from London, England, Rod was originally from Regina, and it will be great for her three-year-old, Joshua, to know his grandparents, she said.- {. w6 h1 [" @# ~7 c' D$ z
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Rod, who works in marketing, was able to keep his job and is working out of a home office, which saves him a 40-minute commute.
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"Everybody thought we were crazy moving here because there is a stigma against Saskatchewan. When we told them Regina, they said: 'Why?' We said: 'Why not?' "
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So far Delnea loves the city, finding her neighbours friendly and not missing the traffic of Calgary., O4 u5 c$ [0 d/ O- G0 E

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0 T8 w  U; q1 `6 R( C7 AFrank Trovato, a demographer in the sociology department at the University of Alberta, said it's not surprising to see more people moving to Saskatchewan after such a long period of net outflow of people to Alberta.+ b; d9 m1 l4 ~% ]- ~6 J6 G3 x
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"When you see there's a lot of people moving to a place, there's also a countercurrent back," Trovato said.
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There are likely a number of factors at play, including the lower cost of housing and greater economic opportunities back in Saskatchewan, but there were probably a number of people who found that Edmonton didn't provide the opportunities they were hoping for, he said.
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"Not everyone who moves to a province is there permanently," Trovato said.6 ~  \  n- t  N/ e- W. K

6 B0 N8 @" `! p" wTerry Hincks, a Regina city councillor and realtor, said Albertans are buying a lot of homes in Regina, either as revenue property or to eventually be their place of residence.3 V4 J8 D  r. V) P1 K9 a

0 A' T( I( Y) n, a- q1 V"It seems that every time I pick up the phone it's either 780 or 403 (area codes)."6 g; _& F& b3 \& O

8 B! _  z6 Z5 j* T! a6 @Real estate prices are still much lower than Edmonton -- $130,000 to $150,000 can still get you a decent three-bedroom home -- but are starting to rise. February set a new record in Regina, with 250 houses sold.: Z3 C( H; y. }. P- a" h
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msadava@thejournal.canwest.com
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No. of people moving from Alberta to Saskatchewan: 2,8383 d/ t* D* s/ g0 k

6 J. w" G& T0 M0 `' U) p( Z& K4 O# aNo. of people moving from Saskatchewan to Alberta: 2,710" C. R2 K* ^$ }( G- n

4 ?4 m; ?" A% gNet loss for Alberta: 128
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Net inflow of migrants to Alberta from the rest of Canada: 11,800
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Net inflow of migrants in the fourth quarter 2005: 17,100
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/ q) w& I3 L' J& B! e# f8 OPopulation growth Alberta: 0.65 per cent7 h/ s( d, Q/ f& r
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Population growth for Sask.: 0.21 per cent: [2 W7 D1 S, x- P* a" F
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Population growth for all of Canada: 0.14 per cent
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$ c' K0 ?' y9 h5 `5 VSource: Statistics Canada figures for fourth quarter, 2006
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