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B.C. losing more residents to interprovincial migration

Statistic Canada data shows out-migration is outpacing in-migration for more than a year
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A recreational boat travels on the harbour as Canada Place and the downtown Vancouver skyline are seen from North Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, March 12, 2022. Statistics Canada released its latest data Dec. 19, 2023 on Canada’s population estimates for the third quarter of 2023, and B.C. is continuing to lose more residents to interprovincial migration than it’s gaining. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

For the first time in a decade, B.C. has recorded five consecutive quarters of inter-provincial migration losses.

Statistics Canada released its latest data Tuesday (Dec. 19) on Canada’s population estimates for the third quarter of 2023, and B.C. is continuing to experience a net loss of residents to other provinces.

In the third quarter of the year, 17,186 people moved to other provinces from B.C.

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Lauren Collins

About the Author: Lauren Collins

I'm a provincial reporter for Black Press Media's national team, after my journalism career took me across B.C. since I was 19 years old.
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