Well even still, that is quite a huge number for interprovincial growth, just not as big as what people would expect, I think... which is quite refreshing, really.
I just calculated the absolute growth for all provinces and territories for the 2.5 year period between April 1, 2011 and October 1, 2013... the numbers are quite interesting...
322343 - Ontario
270528 - Alberta
166854 - Quebec
107236 - British Columbia
47821 - Saskatchewan
35187 - Manitoba
2427 - Newfoundland and Labrador
1749 - Nunavut
1288 - Yukon
1257 - Prince Edward Island
180 - New Brunswick
22 - Northwest Territories
(3902) - Nova Scotia
West + Territories = 463 831
East = 489 159
National = 952 990
If that maintains as average over the next 35 years, the growth of Alberta will be 3 787 392. Now, I obviously don't expect that to happen, but it does make one think what is possible if boom times don't bust for an extended period. 35 years isn't really a long time. Alberta has been booming for basically 20 years straight as of this year... so who knows...
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