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
From Today's Edmonton Journal
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2 E5 l3 O' y, w7 w( qMigration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.
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9 w1 o7 j1 p+ pFrom 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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4 E2 X& s2 |, p' K, Y, \  ?; qOnly 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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It 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.
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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.

# U$ C% L! @" O- Q) N; m“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said.
6 p. T5 K4 D' U1 e" e# M+ x“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects.

“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.

8 H: v; {  H3 w/ z* pStatistics 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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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.
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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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1 y. C: [, ]/ y1 Z" D& P“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said.
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9 p( {6 `$ o$ K- S8 SAs 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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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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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.

& m2 X' B) K2 {. ~( @anyway, a very nice reversal, gaining half of the loss of about 2 years in one quarter.