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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses* U/ p- @3 a/ f. v2 ^$ G
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Migration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.
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y$ x$ {3 i* K) z, V# _1 J: q, d3 lFrom 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. . L6 t, r2 z( \" K5 ?
* l. |; V% ^5 \% \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 ^' c) w4 G2 a- u. S8 hIt was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95. 5 o* L; e; b* S9 Z6 M- g
# B: c: K j- n/ S& }) \( _1 QIt followed a peak during 200506 when 45,800 interprovincial migrants arrived. . B3 Z- v" F( O
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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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) E8 W; Z6 S$ E y, s7 N. D, w) N“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said. + N* h* b O3 g- A) Z
“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects. , |7 L2 z5 J% C
% R6 W% J3 s0 L/ |+ l9 Q“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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/ ]* Z) p- d: E5 u( KBut 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.
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That was the highest increase rate among provinces and includes arrivals from other provinces and countries, as well as births. 5 f* _6 E' i6 I& d! V
* r. b% P. m6 J" l“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency. , E# l, B' K# W# w9 n x% T! Y
7 [6 k: i5 ]6 F: kSumner 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. / s1 P, l. D' R. M, B
9 e/ l! W1 M$ V" E, r“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said. 5 o; ]/ y# F9 J* O; N) V
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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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