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
0 \  }- P5 J. |5 C! O! s1 qFrom Today's Edmonton Journal

Migration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.
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8 G+ }) u- b  X; L: m! sFrom 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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% @0 r1 U0 Z( P0 A* p/ VOnly 312 Canadians moved to Alberta in the first three months of the year and Alberta posted net losses in the two quarters before that.

& G5 w6 f$ k$ S2 K5 l* jBetween 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces.

0 p- R- {+ [2 e& A5 g% \It was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95.

' Q$ m8 i/ n& p/ K0 Q% P1 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.

“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said.
5 a! t. e' O6 X, @9 b“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects.

) C3 w1 q' ?0 L  A$ v0 }“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.
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; N" p" S, h7 t9 |2 rStatistics 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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. n' C, \' x6 ^7 T* z7 B& a( @That 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.

2 ]1 g, v- c3 W, @# z+ hSumner 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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/ y; C! l, O" s5 l- j“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said.
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: \& n) _6 m/ H; m# `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

2# pcmouse

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  S' }3 i7 z- s* L6 p: z/ y( [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.

anyway, a very nice reversal, gaining half of the loss of about 2 years in one quarter.