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
/ ^" Q- Z+ r( ^4 T$ \: [& dFrom Today's Edmonton Journal
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+ k4 u# e0 O& cMigration 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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& ^7 N, M. _& w  O3 y. u* CThat 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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$ @% Y& D# K8 ~( c* J3 ?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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' `( r* }5 y" X; WBetween 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces.
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& u' T* q1 I/ l+ M1 ^% t6 ~8 TIt was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95.

9 g1 c2 H* X; p* G6 c, v' q5 cIt followed a peak during 200506 when 45,800 interprovincial migrants arrived.

+ Q/ ~6 D# \( ?6 ^- `ATB Financial economist Dan Sumner said interprovincial migration is one of the best measures of the relative economic and social health of a region.

“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said.
+ q" E/ ?) `4 r. o, U7 V7 p. r“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.
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% s7 A+ y& y. [& ]! j2 D) E* l2 SStatistics 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.

9 c4 _* `/ ?5 a$ M% l“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency.
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9 L# k' {7 U: Q) QSumner 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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! B$ B2 e) G0 g" h  w4 e“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said.

9 W$ n$ A' k; }" \& h/ m2 h0 xAs 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：

* V1 N- g, c% C, E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.
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anyway, a very nice reversal, gaining half of the loss of about 2 years in one quarter.