My idiot mother and her unmedicated bipolar boyfriend were two of them… Because they were searching for “maximum freedom” and “a government that will protect our rights”.
This is a critical juncture for the direction of our housing market, specifically in Edmonton. House prices are relatively sane at the moment, thanks to a combination of staying ahead of the curve on building houses, forward-thinking urban development, and the lack of any real draw for people to want to live here. Calgary’s market is beginning to inflate and it’s only a matter of time before people get priced out and have to settle for Edmonton.
It’s really important that we continue to be forward-thinking and deliberate with new development, so as to keep prices manageable while fostering a healthy urban fabric. I know everyone in the country is dicks out for fast and cheap housing development, but relying on infinite suburban sprawl is a really, really bad idea. Let’s use what we’ve learned from the mistakes of previous generations and do it right this time
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Alberta smashed population-growth records in the past year, mainly due to people moving to the province from across Canada and around the world.
The province’s population surged to just over 4.8 million as of Jan. 1, according to new estimates released Wednesday by Statistics Canada.
Alberta also broke a national record in 2023 for interprovincial migration, with a net gain of 55,107 people.
“This was the largest gain in interprovincial migration nationally since comparable data became available in 1972,” Statistics Canada said in a release.
All told, interprovincial migration accounted for 27 per cent of Alberta’s population growth over the past year.
Non-permanent residents from other countries accounted for 39 per cent of the province’s population growth in the past year, reflecting a national trend.
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Surprise, many came from BC, where a 1 bedroom condo might cost you more than 500K