Huge number of Ontario residents ditched the province to move to Alberta in 2024

Alberta has been calling, and folks across Canada seem to have been answering the phone, especially in B.C. and Ontario, where a huge exodus of residents was recorded in the latest quarter.

According to Statistics Canada data, Alberta saw the largest net gain in interprovincial migration in the third quarter of this year, adding 10,810 people.

Statistics Canada estimates that 7,719 Ontarians moved to Alberta in the last quarter, compared to 3,350 Albertans who moved to Ontario, for a net gain of 4,369 people.

It was a similar story for our pals in the West. An estimated 7,693 British Columbians moved to Alberta, compared to 4,523 Albertans who moved to B.C., for a net gain of 3,170.

B.C. and Ontario are the top provinces that are helping Alberta's population surge, and so far this year, 12,151 Albertans moved to Ontario compared to 26,381 Ontarians that moved to Alberta, for a net gain of 14,230 people.

Statistics for B.C. are somewhat similar to those for Ontario. 18,459 Albertans moved to B.C., compared to 26,838 British Columbians who moved to Alberta, for a net gain of 8,379 people.

Last year, Alberta saw the largest net gain in interprovincial migration in the country, adding 55,107 people, with a large chunk arriving from B.C. and Ontario.

Canada's population was estimated at 41,465,298 on October 1, 2024, an increase of 176,699 people, or 0.4 per cent, from July 1.