Between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006, Alberta experienced the highest net inflow of residents, posting a migration rate of 20.3 people for every 1,000 population. British Columbia was a distant second with a net migration rate of 12.3 people, while Ontario was third at 9.6 people.  

The highest net inflow relative to the population size occurred in Calgary, which had a net inflow of 21.5 migrants for every 1,000 residents, followed closely by Edmonton with a net inflow of 21.0 migrants and Toronto with 17.3 migrants.

In absolute terms, Toronto had the highest net inflow, with 91,909 more people moving into the metropolitan area than moving out. Vancouver ranked second with a net inflow of 36,321 people, followed by Calgary (+22,961 people).

For Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Montreal, the number of net migrants was highest in the 25-44 age group.

An important shift in rates of net gain per 1,000 population occurred between the 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 periods.  In 2004/2005, 4 of the 5 census divisions with the highest net gain in migrants were located near Montreal, with the census division of Mirabel leading the way.

In 2005/2006, Mirabel still ranked first, but this time it was followed by three census divisions from Alberta and two from Ontario.

Data is from Statistics Canada.

30 Sep 2007