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
From Today's Edmonton Journal
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Migration to Alberta from other provinces jumped in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.

From April 1 to July 1, a net total of 2,820 Canadians moved to Alberta.

! p/ \5 i: w  M  O8 F) FThat means people from other provinces are being drawn by Alberta’s economy after months of dwindling or negative interprovin-cial migration to Alberta.

1 \9 Z4 X1 w. S: M# Y( _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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) N/ R4 |$ K& X/ V5 f3 ~$ u2 B+ l8 l5 SBetween 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.

  N" o$ }, _! J/ a5 }5 H$ P. mIt followed a peak during 200506 when 45,800 interprovincial migrants arrived.

) G% h" l2 b; s% F2 {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.
“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.

% P! W  \9 }2 M& g- AStatistics 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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  ]$ U" L3 j/ J# ^# y/ [That was the highest increase rate among provinces and includes arrivals from other provinces and countries, as well as births.

( b+ Z$ _  Y! Q2 M  I' z“Almost half the growth in Alberta came from natural increase, the highest proportion among the provinces,” said the federal agency.
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  T) e, E/ L3 b0 v/ y2 ?4 k4 ZSumner 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.

# \; ^2 s# K, [- [0 C- ~; N9 h“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said.
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3 Z' c) w% @: sAs 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：

- Y% _* R5 ]7 u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.