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
: x2 _" `- G9 f0 F8 z8 P& c& JFrom Today's Edmonton Journal

Migration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.

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.
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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.
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Between 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces.
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5 |9 |- Z, |) Y% I# E! M2 w- TIt 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.

5 s( @6 a% U1 mATB 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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“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said.
/ K' u) D# P: ^. ]5 x" c; C, F“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects.

) c, N! l) a- S" K) U2 b/ J“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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+ H% L0 ?2 L! i8 J0 q4 }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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Statistics Canada said Alberta’s population in the second quarter climbed by 18,538, or 0.5 per cent, to 3.72 million.

- V( M% p1 K' F+ S9 c- E8 k4 bThat 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.
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- h6 g4 I# V8 |$ fSumner 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.
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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：
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2 [( C" H, q4 R; i: x2 P一个实实在在的坏消息：Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces

UncleSam

2# pcmouse


no. 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.

6 S/ z) y( b* _; \7 k( lanyway, a very nice reversal, gaining half of the loss of about 2 years in one quarter.