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As precocity errors can either be positive or negative,
the following discussion of precocity errors is based on absolute values.
At the national level, net interprovincial migration equals to zero as the
sum of interprovincial in-migrants isequivalent to the sum of interprovincial
out-migrants across provinces and territories.
As mentioned in the Methodology Section,
the provincial statistical agencies of Quebec and British Columbia provide
their most recent estimates of births and deaths to Statistics Canada. The
figures are used to produce preliminary estimates.
Mean absolute percentage precocity error for total
emigration includes the mean absolute percentages for emigration, returning
emigration and net temporary emigration.
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