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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses
}1 o# c: q$ f1 C, I& Z* BFrom Today's Edmonton Journal
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, ^2 x& @% E# G; p6 `' H( ^Migration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. 1 G4 m. a1 k) P+ A/ B9 g, |- `
" c0 r8 k. o+ ]From April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta. - [6 ~( D5 ]5 {' z B' k/ h" V# n- l
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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. ; m4 ~: V2 n' L
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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. ) o8 N. _: Z: E8 `- ]. f' P0 p" d/ ~
& B' l2 q) O; v7 L% }It was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95.
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% [4 n G0 Z$ @+ b. Z3 bIt followed a peak during 200506 when 45,800 interprovincial migrants arrived.
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0 B) _0 m. w) z: f$ j. N7 O3 FATB 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.
" U9 l. T) V) Y1 |) y6 g“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects.
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0 D* K& R( h) c) @8 V1 e G0 j“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.” ( w/ X9 X1 l( x0 X, Q
( h1 G6 m0 Q5 Z& G1 DBut he said a still-recovering job market in Alberta means a quick return to the pace of migration seen during the boom is unlikely. 4 q+ c/ h1 I$ V. D2 Q. m3 I
8 k9 I6 V/ d; ~: H" H3 V8 V# kStatistics Canada said Alberta’s population in the second quarter climbed by 18,538, or 0.5 per cent, to 3.72 million. * x- a+ _! m) v5 A0 _! ?6 M
7 r+ S4 y) N4 i P9 C0 b8 aThat was the highest increase rate among provinces and includes arrivals from other provinces and countries, as well as births. 0 u5 Z# Q+ i0 W1 Y/ d
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“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency. ; i& q4 ^* i" ?6 u; v
8 z* J9 @- v- dSumner 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. & V6 f8 d5 y4 K6 Q* |
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“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said.
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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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