Table 4
Migration to and from rural and small town areas between 2001 and 2006
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| Province | Total number migrating to and from rural and small town areas between 2001 and 2006 | Number of recent immigrants1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-migrants | Out-migrants | Net migration | Net migration rate1 | In-migrants | Out-migrants | Net migration | Net migration rate2 | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 17,895 | 27,570 | -9,675 | -3.6 | F | 145 | F | F |
| Prince Edward Island | 4,870 | 5,075 | -205 | F | F | F | F | F |
| Nova Scotia | 27,295 | 30,645 | -3,350 | -1.2 | 160 | 245 | F | F |
| New Brunswick | 22,085 | 28,990 | -6,905 | -2.6 | 100 | 125 | F | F |
| Quebec | 153,820 | 138,960 | 14,860 | 0.9 | 785 | 810 | F | F |
| Ontario | 181,900 | 149,295 | 32,605 | 2.3 | 1,610 | 1,250 | 360 | 5.8 |
| Manitoba | 26,690 | 35,780 | -9,090 | -3.0 | 260 | 575 | -315 | -10.3 |
| Saskatchewan | 30,930 | 46,445 | -15,515 | -4.2 | 100 | 280 | -180 | -22.6 |
| Alberta | 92,560 | 86,480 | 6,080 | 0.6 | 875 | 1,030 | -155 | -4.1 |
| British Columbia | 82,980 | 78,600 | 4,380 | 0.5 | 860 | 975 | -115 | -2.9 |
| 1. Those who arrived between 1996 and 2000) who migrated to and from rural and small town areas between 2001 and 2006 | ||||||||
| 2. The net migration rate is calculated as the net migrants as a percent of the population in the rural and small town areas of the given province in 2001. This includes only those who were subject to internal migration (i.e. those born before the 2001 census who did not die and who did not leave the country by the 2006 census). | ||||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006. | ||||||||
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