Claim in the Record
OBSERVEDAdded to the Record 2026-07-13Featured in a product
Alberta's sustained net interprovincial inflow
The claim
Alberta net interprovincial migration, quarterly: 20 consecutive quarters at a positive level
Alberta net interprovincial migration, quarterly has been positive for 20 consecutive quarters, beginning in 2021 Q3. The latest reading is 5,893 in 2026 Q2. A streak counts consecutive periods in one direction; it carries no causal claim and does not imply the run will continue.
Method
Count consecutive quarters with a positive level, most recent backward; reported only from 6 consecutive quarters onward.
Key sources and licences
- Estimates of the components of interprovincial migration, quarterly — Statistics Canada Licence text read in full
| Added to the Record | 2026-07-13 |
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| How it is used | Featured in a product |
| Where it appears | Featured in the population domain story — interprovincial redistribution persisted. |
| What would change it | A quarter of net outflow in the demographic estimates, or a revision reclassifying a quarter within the streak. |
| Corrections | None on record for this claim — policy → |
Technical details
| Record ID | R2-streak:interprov_net__alberta |
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| Detection rule | R2-streak |
| Indicator | interprov_net__alberta |
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