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Table 5.1
Net interprovincial migration for provinces and territories, 1981 to 2007

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Year N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B. Que. Ont. Man. Sask. Alta. B.C. Y.T. N.W.T. Nvt. Total number of migrants
  net number of migrants
1981 -6,238 -783 -2,465 -4,766 -22,549 -19,665 -3,621 -520 40,243 21,565 -1,376 175 380,041
1986 -4,682 -493 -739 -2,897 -3,020 42,916 -3,039 -7,020 -20,293 910 179 -1,822 302,352
1991 -1,084 -415 1,039 -79 -13,047 -9,978 -7,581 -9,499 5,511 34,572 478 119 -36 315,659
1996 -7,945 401 -1,064 -910 -15,358 -1,706 -3,738 -1,871 15,069 17,798 215 -642 -249 284,484
1997 -8,522 -241 -2,074 -1,812 -17,559 6,823 -6,717 -2,669 32,459 1,980 -558 -845 -265 291,580
1998 -7,971 -15 -1,571 -2,935 -14,512 11,466 -3,097 -1,786 40,125 -17,521 -1,114 -1,057 -12 298,164
1999 -3,916 212 947 -638 -11,712 18,424 -2,387 -7,146 19,692 -12,413 -601 -455 -7 276,489
2000 -4,884 -62 -1,393 -1,748 -11,233 23,292 -4,188 -8,301 24,397 -14,783 -654 -514 71 290,505
2001 -3,914 268 -1,946 -1,914 -6,388 10,622 -5,025 -8,600 24,614 -7,278 -246 -39 -154 280,408
2002 -3,187 65 -256 -164 -4,228 5,065 -2,733 -7,431 17,883 -5,216 -115 213 104 281,873
2003 -1,103 224 142 -1,277 218 -5,074 -3,162 -4,590 10,254 4,055 273 258 -218 255,565
2004 -2,651 -259 -1,594 -867 -3,297 -8,222 -3,153 -6,027 19,348 7,551 -156 -482 -191 269,727
2005 -4,497 -237 -3,679 -2,708 -6,834 -14,500 -9,298 -9,737 44,968 7,434 89 -896 -105 292,172
2006 -3,964 -591 -3,060 -3,574 -12,915 -32,318 -7,658 -2,856 58,166 10,221 -379 -809 -263 358,516
2007 -694 -237 -546 1,100 -14,444 -17,762 -1,390 10,174 10,625 13,385 71 -278 -4 370,763
Average 1997 to 2007 -4,118 -79 -1,366 -1,503 -9,355 -199 -4,437 -4,452 27,503 -1,144 -308 -446 -95 296,887
Notes:  Revised data for 2006.
Preliminary data for 2007.
Nunavut is included in the Northwest Territories before 1991.
Source:  Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada: 2005 and 2006, catalogue number 91-209-X.