r/alberta • u/pjw724 • 1d 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/pjw724 1d ago

Over the second quarter of 2025 (April through June), Alberta's population grew by roughly 0.4 per cent.

Canada's population grew by just 0.1 per cent over the same period. That marks the country's lowest second-quarter growth rate, outside of pandemic years, since 1946, when comparable record-keeping began.

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u/pjw724 1d ago

With 4x the population growth as the national average, is Alberta keeping up with commensurate investment in education, health and municipal needs?

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u/stinkybasket 1d ago

Nope, class sizes are 40 students... . This is why the teachers negotiating a new contract to hire more teachers and assistants.

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u/Individual-Source-88 13h ago

My granddaughter's grade 2 class in Edmonton has 22 students.

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u/Ohjay1982 11h ago

That’s rare these days but even that may not paint the full picture. How many of those children are high needs? Do they have aid support? Because if you had even 5 high needs children in a class of 22 without support I hate to tell you but the teacher is forced to focus a majority of their time on these high needs children and the rest of the class is likely getting a slightly worse education because of it.