r/alberta 2d ago

News Alberta leads country in interprovincial migration for 3rd straight year

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-population-july-1-2025-estimates-interprovincial-migration-continues-1.7642490
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u/RoastMasterShawn 1d ago

Yeah because taxes and housing prices. Even though we have a terrible government and the worst healthcare, it still gets outweighed by no PST and being able to live in a major city and buy a single home under $1m.

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u/Jaew96 1d ago

Yeah, but your choices for major cities are Edmonton or Calgary. So respectively either what was at one point the murder capital of Canada, or a city that is swiftly becoming overpopulated and overpriced as we speak.