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

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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses
From Today's Edmonton Journal
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. v* P1 D4 \' U: WMigration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.

3 ]7 X+ O  P. W; n! ]From April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta.

; o# F( h+ F, f0 vThat 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.

0 j' ]2 a; {8 z3 u& dBetween 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces.

( ]6 s1 b! @& M" _6 V8 X2 _6 r9 DIt was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95.

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.
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- M, {9 U$ V" O2 S$ u% t; {1 P6 s“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.

+ `5 b* H9 m, B. x' z9 e“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.”

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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& L: l+ d. I, D0 o; P9 [Statistics Canada said Alberta’s population in the second quarter climbed by 18,538, or 0.5 per cent, to 3.72 million.

9 C( s4 s6 q% g  U0 p+ BThat was the highest increase rate among provinces and includes arrivals from other provinces and countries, as well as births.
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  @7 V3 k8 W8 x2 q3 b2 m: g“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.
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# W; G- L5 s. A9 u+ H; C“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said.
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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.

pcmouse

今年三月底时应发一个新闻：

一个实实在在的坏消息：Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces

UncleSam

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# G' l4 s- u! K. j% Dno. 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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! w# E. u% i0 D7 X5 kanyway, a very nice reversal, gaining half of the loss of about 2 years in one quarter.