More people moving from other parts of the country are calling Alberta home, thanks to more affordable housing, jobs and a stronger economic outlook on the prairies.
Alberta overtook British Columbia as the region with the biggest gains from population exchanges between provinces, according to the Stats Canada report Canada’s population estimates: Subprovincial areas.
Calgary attracted the most migration from other provinces to grow by 26,662 residents, followed by 16,082 in Edmonton and 1,651 in Lethbridge. It was the highest interprovincial gain in each of those cities since at least 2001-02.
Red Deer saw 1,277 Canadians move to the city between July 2022 and July 2023, the city’s highest interprovincial migration since 2005-06 when 1,476 arrived.
Vancouver saw its highest net loss (-4,795) in interprovincial migration in over 20 years, after a net gain (+10,892) the previous year. Every census metropolitan area in Ontario also recorded a net loss in interprovincial migration for the second year in a row.
According to the report from Stats Canada, Ontario reported a net loss in each of its large cities for the second consecutive year. Vancouver recorded a net loss of 4,795 people, its highest loss to interprovincial migration in more than 20 years.
