The Demography of AlbertaThe Demography of Alberta• Traditional Foci of Demography

MigrationFertilityMortality (& Morbidity)

• Expanded Foci of DemographyPopulation Size and GrowthAge Distribution of the PopulationSpatial DistributionPopulation CompositionPopulation Behaviour (rates)Population Characteristics

Demography and Related Population Characteristics: What Makes Alberta Different?

• Migration: Extensive Interprovincial In-Migration(Recall presentation by Prof. Hiller)

Migration To and From CMAs, 2000/01

In Out Net

2000/01 1999/2000

Toronto 199,036 92,851 106,185 22.3 14.1

Calgary 48,498 31,935 16,563 17.5 16.4

Ottawa-Hull 47,004 29,393 17,611 16.2 12.7

Vancouver 79,905 49,536 30,369 14.8 11

Oshawa 15,267 11,064 4,203 14.1 15.9

Kitchener 19,411 14,157 5,254 12.4 13.4

Victoria 14,942 12,179 2,763 8.7 2.2

Edmonton 36,577 28,692 7,885 8.4 8.8

Montréal 90,240 64,908 25,332 7.3 5

Sherbrooke 7,459 6,539 920 6.0 4

London 17,024 14,621 2,403 5.7 6.1

Census Metrop. Area

Net rate per 1,000 pop.

Demography and Related Population Characteristics: What Makes Alberta Different?

• Migration: Extensive Interprovincial In-Migration(Recall presentation by Prof. Hiller)

• Rapid Growth & Boom/Bust Pattern(total province & certain communities)

An Half Century ofPopulation Growth in Alberta

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Demography and Related Population Characteristics: What Makes Alberta

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• Migration: Extensive Interprovincial In-Migration(Recall presentation by Prof. Hiller)

• Rapid Growth & Boom/Bust Pattern(total province & certain communities)

• Youthfulness: Median age (low) & Fertility (high)

Alberta’s Youthfulness: Median Age

Alberta has the youngest median age (35.0 years in 2001) of any of the provinces and is 2.6 years below the median for all of Canada.

• Click here for Median Age by Province, 1996 and 2001http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Analytic/companion/age/ewt2.cfm

Number of Births in Alberta, 1946-2001

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Demography and Related Population Characteristics: What Makes Alberta Different?

• Migration: Extensive Interprovincial In-Migration(Recall presentation by Prof. Hiller)

• Rapid Growth & Boom/Bust Pattern(total province & certain communities)

• Youthfulness: Median age (low) & Fertility (high)• Mortality: Life Expectancy & Suicide (both high)

Mortality: Life Expectancy

• Life expectancy is greater in Alberta than in any other province except Sask.

Mortality: Suicide

• Mean Age-Adjusted Suicide Rates, 1989-92Canada Alberta

Males 20.16 25.94Females 5.34 7.81

• See also: Suicide Rates in Canada & Alberta, Selected Years (Click here)

Demography and Related Population Characteristics: What Makes Alberta Different?

• Migration: Extensive Interprovincial In-Migration(Recall presentation by Prof. Hiller)

• Rapid Growth & Boom/Bust Pattern(total province & certain communities)

• Youthfulness: Median age (low) & Fertility (high)• Mortality: Life Expectancy & Suicide (both high)• Population Composition: Visible Minorities in Cities (high pct)

Population Composition:Visible Minorities in the Cities

• Click here for 1996 data

Demography and Related Population Characteristics: What Makes Alberta Different?

• Migration: Extensive Interprovincial In-Migration(Recall presentation by Prof. Hiller)

• Rapid Growth & Boom/Bust Pattern(total province & certain communities)

• Youthfulness (Median age & CBR)• Life Expectancy & Suicide (both high)• Population Composition: Visible Minorities in Cities (high pct)• Population Distribution: (two large cities)

Population Distribution:Size and Growth of Cities

CityCity 1996 Pop.1996 Pop. 2001 Pop.2001 Pop. % Change% ChangeCalgary768,082 878,866 14.4Edmonton 616,306 666,104 8.1Red Deer 60,080 67,707 12.7Lethbridge 63,053 67,374 6.9St. Albert 46,888 53,081 13.2Medicine Hat 46,783 51,249 9.5Ft. McM-Wood Buf 35,213 41,466 18.0Grande Prairie 31,353 36,983 18.0

Population Distribution:Size and Growth of Large Towns

City/TownCity/Town 1996 Pop.1996 Pop. 2001 Pop.2001 Pop. % Change% ChangeAirdrie 15,946 20,382 27.8Spruce Grove 14,271 15,983 12.0Leduc 1434615,032 4.8Camrose 13,728 14,854 8.2Lloydminster (Alta) 11,317 13,148 16.2Ft. Saskatchewan 12,408 13,121 5.7Cochrane 7,424 11,798 58.9Okotoks 8,528 11,664 36.8Brooks 10,093 11,604 15.0

Population Distribution:Size of Selected Other Towns

Town 1996 Pop. 2001 Pop. % ChangeWetaskiwin 10,959 11,154 1.8Canmore 8,354 10,792 29.2High River 7,359 9,345 27.0Drumheller 7,833 7,785 - 0.6Strathmore 5,314 7,621 43.4Banff 6,098 7,135 17.0Sylvan Lake 5,184 7,493 44.5

Alberta’s Twelve Fastest Growing Communities, 1996-2001

59 % Cochrane (Calg.)45 % Sylvan Lake43 % Strathmore (Calg.)37 % Okotoks (Calg.)29 % Canmore28 % Airdrie (Calg.)18 % Grande Prairie17 % Banff16 % Lloydminster16 % Stoney Plain (Edm.)15 % Brooks14 % Calgary (Calg.)

Demography and Related Population Characteristics: What Makes Alberta Different?

• Migration: Extensive Interprovincial In-Migration(Recall presentation by Prof. Hiller)

• Rapid Growth & Boom/Bust Pattern(total province & certain communities)

• Youthfulness (Median age & CBR)• Life Expectancy & Suicide (both high)• Population Composition: Visible Minorities in Cities (high pct)• Population Distribution: (two large cities)• Population Behaviours:

Labour Force Participation Rate (high) Divorce Rate (high)

Labour Force Participation Rate, Alberta and Canada, 1976-2001

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Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM II, Vectors V2461455, 2461665, 2467125, and 2467335

Population Behaviour:Divorce Rates

• Alberta has one of the highest divorce rates of any province in Canada: As of 2000, 41.5 % of Alberta marriages (vs 37.7 % of all marriages in Canada) do not make it to their 30th wedding anniversary .

• http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/021202/d021202f.htm