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

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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses
7 I: O" h% T" L) IFrom Today's Edmonton Journal
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5 m& C" n6 S1 U6 oMigration 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.

That 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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" k3 w% c* T. F8 }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.

+ `/ v8 I8 Q9 U$ l; l; k6 _% zBetween 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces.
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It 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.

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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' Z6 L2 F7 P3 v“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said.
' m# L, [9 |5 n! {( y/ _“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects.
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8 m- c6 H4 T& E" D* b7 b  E“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.”

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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, l: v3 b8 R$ I: P# K, z2 p# ?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.

! Z) P3 ]2 U) A; k# D: aSumner 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.

; Z; Y: y/ L1 i) |“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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一个实实在在的坏消息：Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces

UncleSam

2# pcmouse


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.