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| Annual Demographic Estimates: Census Metropolitan
Areas, Economic Regions and Census Divisions, Age and Sex
2001 to 2006 Section II : Economic regions The ten economic regions experiencing the largest increases in the past year The population estimates as of July 1, 2006 indicate that of the ten (10) economic regions (ERs) that experienced the largest increases in the past year, six (6) are located in Alberta, including the top-ranking five (5). The other four (4) are located in British Columbia, Nunavut and Quebec. For seven (7) out of the eight (8) ERs located in the western provinces, the population growth is mainly the result of a strong interprovincial migration that occurred due to the economic boom generated by the exploitation of natural resources. The economic regions of Red Deer, Calgary and Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake, experienced a growth rate ranging from 37.7 ‰ to 32.8 ‰. The regions of Edmonton and Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River posted growth in excess of 25 ‰. Finally, the regions of Nunavut (24.4 ‰), Thompson – Okanagan in British Columbia (22.6 ‰), Lethbridge – Medecine Hat in Alberta (22.1 ‰), Lanaudière in Québec (20.8 ‰) and Northeast in British Columbia (19.2 ‰) also showed important increases. (See text table 2.1 ) The past year’s growth rate for these regions is much higher than the 10 ‰ growth rate observed for Canada as a whole. In Quebec, the phenomenon of urban spread combined with the solid performance of the economy hoisted the Lanaudière region into the ranks of ERs posting the strongest growth in Canada. In Nunavut and the Norteast region of British Columbia, a high rate of natural increase explains this strong population growth. The five economic regions experiencing the largest decreases in the past year The population estimates as of July 1, 2006 indicate that the economic regions posting the largest decreases are SouthCoast–BurinPeninsula (-20.3 ‰) and Notre Dame – CentralBonavistaBay (-17.8 ‰) in Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories (-18.2 ‰), as well as Yorkton Melville (-16.8 ‰) and Swift Current-Moose Jaw (-14.8 ‰) in Saskatchewan. Alberta’s robust economic growth, generated by the oil boom led many individuals from the Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan to migrate to Alberta. The population decrease evident for the two economic regions in Newfoundland and Labrador, can be explained by interprovincial migration to Alberta. (See text table 2.2 )
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