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
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+ r6 M5 E: ~  t! d/ u, xMigration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.
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8 ]+ E2 n( p& e% c* iFrom 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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* U6 @* e. i% g& K) `( FOnly 312 Canadians moved to Alberta in the first three months of the year and Alberta posted net losses in the two quarters before that.

8 N8 \; k1 k3 m" x) O6 yBetween 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces.
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' E. f, R; p$ l0 PIt was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95.

1 Y+ T$ D) q+ f' [9 s% S# t2 GIt 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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“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said.
+ d& ?$ @) E! e" }6 o; ~: G% ~“The main factor driving Canadians to move between provinces is jobs and job prospects.
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“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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Statistics Canada said Alberta’s population in the second quarter climbed by 18,538, or 0.5 per cent, to 3.72 million.

7 z* c0 e# R1 f/ A; `+ nThat was the highest increase rate among provinces and includes arrivals from other provinces and countries, as well as births.

* \8 T0 c% v6 p6 H“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency.
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1 o* b& S: V* M3 MSumner 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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' P0 V* Z" G; o- Z5 n“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.

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.

# P- Z! c, s- nanyway, a very nice reversal, gaining half of the loss of about 2 years in one quarter.