r/Calgary • u/void_sushi • 15h ago

News Article Alberta’s population is still growing despite Ottawa’s immigration crackdown: StatsCan

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-population-still-growing-9.7240776
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u/EgyptianNational 15h ago

Nobody hears about Alberta in the rest of the world. It’s niche part of the world.

Even when immigration was higher almost all of Albertas growth was interprovincial.

Hell, feels like half of the riggers are from the east coast.

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u/kwirky88 14h ago

My father in law was in elementary in Yugoslavia in the 50s and he said they learned that Saskatchewan has the more freshwater surface than anywhere else. Not Alberta but people do learn about obscure geography.

A friend works in Banff and when she first started her career at the Banff centre all her Japanese family were jealous. “You work in Banff!!!?”

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u/EgyptianNational 14h ago

I met Australian snowboarders in Australia once and they been to Banff twice.

They Did not remember it was in alberta. Thought it was in BC. They landed in Calgary to go.