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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses; ^5 ~1 n! x9 x4 ^5 d# X+ u* P
From Today's Edmonton Journal
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Migration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. 8 y1 Z* ]7 b$ F/ v
9 Y: j( b$ s; S" n+ O! P) ]From April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta. , p# J" F& _" @$ g5 m, Y
- a; O) j" ~; M4 e8 [# @, aThat 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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2 g+ N s( q4 r9 kOnly 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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" A( d! ~& j( i+ j1 X2 g- f$ WBetween 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces. 5 O+ _9 I4 {1 R9 g- n* W
7 i5 t# _! k3 p6 ]) D# k' Y/ IIt was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95. 1 @% T. ]& T; H n" ]
, j! C+ L0 \/ i& K& N" n0 x! TIt 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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; v3 m5 O- D+ A2 J h7 e“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said.
2 C" H4 s$ `3 z( Z z' `“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects. % m+ r7 h' k3 i# T# U; z
7 ]% y+ V8 [8 U. T/ l“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.” 1 w# v3 m! d1 Q# _9 O+ R
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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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. F: [8 V4 q. kStatistics Canada said Alberta’s population in the second quarter climbed by 18,538, or 0.5 per cent, to 3.72 million. 5 H9 E& l! F. E: u0 o
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That was the highest increase rate among provinces and includes arrivals from other provinces and countries, as well as births. & J! n8 A4 ~* s p& a6 e
: h- K3 J O* f“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency. , {2 S. s+ t3 `7 _2 x: Q2 {+ r% [
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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. . G# C- n9 A* A, S
8 ^' v1 m5 [- e" L. W4 c5 N9 a“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said. % k% T% P$ U! ^% m
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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. |
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