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一个实实在在的好消息:Alberta rebounds as magnet for job seekers

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发表于 2010-9-30 15:13 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses% i0 {% R0 ^0 ~, A( v; O& n
From Today's Edmonton Journal
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( `. D* Y& [' ~) x4 Z% h/ [Migration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.   I/ V" s1 V( C  q

7 R% W6 n+ ~8 @# D4 y4 t3 K7 I# qFrom April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta. " B$ D  @+ G+ @  T/ F9 k

1 ^0 L5 V+ i4 ]% p; D1 k7 v9 I- {That means people from other provinces are being drawn by Alberta’s economy after months of dwindling or negative interprovin-cial migration to Alberta. 0 c' Q, s$ \9 M  j& Y# ^1 x
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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. 9 X. Y3 h5 ?+ ~! i( a, d5 p
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It was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95.
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: n8 ^! M( A) TIt followed a peak during 200506 when 45,800 interprovincial migrants arrived. ! \$ p3 H3 M$ t1 u3 n! W; O8 S

& z9 J8 {- W' |1 ^& \% @$ kATB Financial economist Dan Sumner said interprovincial migration is one of the best measures of the relative economic and social health of a region. ) ^8 }5 t. N$ g, v
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“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said.
7 Z/ x2 }0 l% z- o9 U! i6 C“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects. % J, @0 i1 @; o  d$ o1 L; p

6 b/ `" X" z9 i+ @0 ?/ ]( @  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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( q! P: a$ t0 x( o7 ~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. " W" C6 }0 @6 T6 M  c: T, i

. k3 {0 I! d9 J' r" X7 I) O5 }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.
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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 }2 z/ R* m/ C) y* e+ M
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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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“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said. " F. K) [$ l, c: ?* n: x. j. c
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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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发表于 2010-9-30 19:06 | 显示全部楼层
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# P7 I+ W8 H9 m' @5 C: x5 p一个实实在在的坏消息:Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces
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发表于 2010-10-3 10:13 | 显示全部楼层
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3 o( M6 F7 f; p' t- k: k9 Hno. 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.
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* ^" Z; b: [- ]; n0 ^7 v4 G% `anyway, a very nice reversal, gaining half of the loss of about 2 years in one quarter.
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