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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* B6 ]8 ]/ j+ X$ ZMigration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.
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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.

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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7 |" A7 F# z7 V* R! b6 Q, h, _% vBetween 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces.
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. M8 c: `) }3 |/ l3 a9 qIt 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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, h  z: Y8 p7 Y  \! sATB 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.
“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects.

& [* z+ j" |: |* X$ X; x" Z8 V“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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! _  q7 x/ K% d$ H6 ^Statistics Canada said Alberta’s population in the second quarter climbed by 18,538, or 0.5 per cent, to 3.72 million.

' l5 j+ w# A# a0 y+ v+ L) T) lThat was the highest increase rate among provinces and includes arrivals from other provinces and countries, as well as births.

( g, P4 s! E3 d' n/ J" O: f5 l9 [2 v“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency.

+ |# p9 Z: h- Q6 G# b7 ySumner 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.

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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* N- S: k0 r2 O$ {0 q) T# m一个实实在在的坏消息：Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces

UncleSam

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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.

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