Economic growth and development are diverse across provinces in Canada. According to the Conference Board of Canada (2013) Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador, all earn “A+” grades for real GDP growth in 2013. However, New Brunswick earns a "C" grade, which is the worst performance among the provinces in Canada. There is also variation in employment and unemployment growth across provinces. These divergences of economic performances across provinces in Canada prompts provincial mobility.
This chapter is basically focusing on the identification of the characteristics of provincial movers and stayers. The process of identification start with a basic and first question; who moves and who stays behind? To answer this question …show more content…
Inter-provincial mobility is a common phenomenon across provinces in Canada and some are gaining and some are losing. For example, we always hear that people are moving out of Quebec and news media always give attention to these kind of issues. According to Montreal Gazzete (December 10, 2014), Quebec continues to lose residents to other parts of Canada, while failing to attract nearly as many to come live in Quebec. According to government demographic data in 2013 more Quebecers left than in any other year since 1998. Quebec’s net loss of 13,100 people last year appears to be Ontario and Alberta’s gain. The Institute de la statistique du Québec found that 7,100 Quebecers moved to Ontario, while another 4,700 packed their bags for Alberta. Global News (December 9, 2014) reported that, Quebec’s population may have increased in 2013 by about 63,000, the total growth rate for the province has gone down for the fourth consecutive year. According to the Institut de la statistique du Québec, which released its annual report on population statistics, this slowdown was not because of a declining number of births and deaths (these remained stable last year), but were due to migration …show more content…
For example, if in Quebec, the out-migration of skilled workers is more than in-migration, then there will be an unfavorable consequences arise for Quebec. There is a requirement for balance in demographic, economic, and industrial and occupational categories for each province to be a significant contributor rather a burden for the economy as whole. There are huge literatures on interprovincial mobility in Canada. Most of the studies focus on net gain or loss in number of individuals. Chen (2009) estimate the inflow and outflow for each province by using SLID. Burbidge and Finnie (2000) used LAD data set and mention that post-secondary graduates are at the cutting edge of the knowledge-based economy and within-Canada “brain drain” is one of the dynamic aspect, which deserves an attention for policy makers. Individuals are obtaining education in one province but serving another province brings no contribution to the province provide education. Human capital development plays an important role for sustain productivity in the economy. Perhaps, the analysis based on the characteristics of individuals who is coming in and going out of any province along with the individuals who stays behind is not addressed
This chapter is basically focusing on the identification of the characteristics of provincial movers and stayers. The process of identification start with a basic and first question; who moves and who stays behind? To answer this question …show more content…
Inter-provincial mobility is a common phenomenon across provinces in Canada and some are gaining and some are losing. For example, we always hear that people are moving out of Quebec and news media always give attention to these kind of issues. According to Montreal Gazzete (December 10, 2014), Quebec continues to lose residents to other parts of Canada, while failing to attract nearly as many to come live in Quebec. According to government demographic data in 2013 more Quebecers left than in any other year since 1998. Quebec’s net loss of 13,100 people last year appears to be Ontario and Alberta’s gain. The Institute de la statistique du Québec found that 7,100 Quebecers moved to Ontario, while another 4,700 packed their bags for Alberta. Global News (December 9, 2014) reported that, Quebec’s population may have increased in 2013 by about 63,000, the total growth rate for the province has gone down for the fourth consecutive year. According to the Institut de la statistique du Québec, which released its annual report on population statistics, this slowdown was not because of a declining number of births and deaths (these remained stable last year), but were due to migration …show more content…
For example, if in Quebec, the out-migration of skilled workers is more than in-migration, then there will be an unfavorable consequences arise for Quebec. There is a requirement for balance in demographic, economic, and industrial and occupational categories for each province to be a significant contributor rather a burden for the economy as whole. There are huge literatures on interprovincial mobility in Canada. Most of the studies focus on net gain or loss in number of individuals. Chen (2009) estimate the inflow and outflow for each province by using SLID. Burbidge and Finnie (2000) used LAD data set and mention that post-secondary graduates are at the cutting edge of the knowledge-based economy and within-Canada “brain drain” is one of the dynamic aspect, which deserves an attention for policy makers. Individuals are obtaining education in one province but serving another province brings no contribution to the province provide education. Human capital development plays an important role for sustain productivity in the economy. Perhaps, the analysis based on the characteristics of individuals who is coming in and going out of any province along with the individuals who stays behind is not addressed