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
2 {6 B. \3 N1 J1 RFrom Today's Edmonton Journal
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Migration 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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That means people from other provinces are being drawn by Alberta’s economy after months of dwindling or negative interprovin-cial migration to Alberta.

5 P7 T" @: D$ KOnly 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' Y6 V4 Q* r1 yBetween 2009 and this year, Alberta lost 2,200 people to other provinces.

It was the first time Alberta had lost more people than it gained since 1994-95.

; f6 Q. q3 H% G# z7 CIt followed a peak during 200506 when 45,800 interprovincial migrants arrived.

9 p$ c9 V, A( s) _0 rATB 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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- S) m+ N4 t( _% m7 Q" M" I9 I6 L“Alberta just experienced its most solid quarter of interprovincial migration in a year,” Sumner said.
9 ], [- c( O9 R" M! Z9 N- R“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.

& R+ w1 D8 p: T9 P9 W' c" OStatistics Canada said Alberta’s population in the second quarter climbed by 18,538, or 0.5 per cent, to 3.72 million.

8 G0 ~5 I8 o0 N- m) c% M4 j/ c1 cThat was the highest increase rate among provinces and includes arrivals from other provinces and countries, as well as births.
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. N9 l8 I- Q- G“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 d/ Y& u" j3 M7 d" \* f8 R6 VSumner 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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$ K" F. K9 j& _) i. ^. d3 O- F4 E“More young people means more babies,” Sumner said.

% ]2 F' [* E2 BAs 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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  J/ F: J( W4 F3 y+ d9 a. @# L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.