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Gain of 2,820 from other provinces follows losses1 {( J- d$ O. P4 ?# E
From Today's Edmonton Journal
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Migration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. 4 Q s, W3 J2 V' G. r
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From April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta. . u1 M; W0 R# u- X, s2 r: e; Q
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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.
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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. T7 J- ^+ v% ?' D" n0 P; U( r. ~1 E
3 R8 C7 f, }: O" u/ aBetween 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces.
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7 E+ ^7 J% |: A; ~It was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95.
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* C4 y3 p) S& k4 ~9 V6 JIt followed a peak during 200506 when 45,800 interprovincial migrants arrived. , a3 s, @/ L& ]8 V
) L, V5 k1 t0 m6 g* uATB 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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& J8 O; C6 p) c; }“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said.
+ F- u4 C# g' h! @* b“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects. / E/ _: f- ~8 h6 ]) J0 B0 n
+ U4 l Y4 P! o8 ^( [* i- y' G“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.” 6 I* N6 l+ H4 E3 y& v/ C
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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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Statistics Canada said Alberta’s population in the second quarter climbed by 18,538, or 0.5 per cent, to 3.72 million. ' I! x1 {1 W W; c( Z4 t
* f) }) p ^8 T, h: {+ eThat was the highest increase rate among provinces and includes arrivals from other provinces and countries, as well as births. : _) \/ Z) M4 K7 q% }5 \
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“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency.
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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. " D' D1 \. p6 A% A$ ~: V+ m
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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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