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[dasmo]

A lot of health professionals moved there from here….

[Victoria Watcher]

Alberta's population surges by record-setting 202,000 people: Here's where they all came from

Growth driven by people moving here from across Canada and around the world

https://www.cbc.ca/n...-data-1.7157110

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 March 2024 - 12:21 PM.

[dasmo]

Most of the interprovincial migrants came from Ontario and British Columbia.

[dasmo]

In 2019 it was the reverse....

 

Alberta: -2,032  BC: 13,325

https://www150.statc...e/00001-eng.htm

 

 

I wonder what happened  ? 

[dasmo]

That is what is known as the flight response. 

[Victoria Watcher]

Alberta advertised heavily in other provinces for people to move there. Then Edmonton and Calgary rents rose the highest ever yearly increases. We are such an unserious country.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 March 2024 - 12:44 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Alberta has introduced a new incentive in hopes of attracting workers into the province.

The provincial government’s Budget 2024 is setting aside $10 million for the Alberta is Calling attraction bonus, which provides workers with a $5,000 refundable tax credit.

With the new incentive, the government hopes to attract out-of-province workers in the skilled trades.


https://www.hcamag.c...ng-bonus/479499






Alberta isn't calling anymore because you're already here

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7063681







Varcoe: Alberta set to call more workers, even as population boom continues

The province’s population has been growing rapidly over the past two years


https://calgaryheral...1c4bc4f6a6/amp/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 March 2024 - 12:43 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

[Mike K.]

That claim makes my head hurt. What is Hopper saying?

[max.bravo]

He’s saying boomers don’t think house prices are outrageously high. Which is insane, because the houses we’re talking about were first bought by blue collar families on a single income, but are now affordable only for a select few.

That’s my guess anyway. I don’t know anything about Tristin hopper.

[Mike K.]

I see.

Tristan is a little off base here. The boomers aren’t justifying anything. The governments and builders dictate what the costs are. Re-sale prices are a product of new-build prices.

Even if you get the land -for free-, it still costs $700k to build a very, very modest 1,800 square foot home. With a mortgage of $560k, your interest annually is $30,000.

To build a nicer 2,500 square foot home, the sort people associate as big enough to raise a family of three in with some creature comforts like nicer finishings, the cost to build will land at around $1.1M, and that’s if you get the land for free. Throw in a 5,000 sq ft lot and there’s another $600k, at least, in the core. But hey, we no longer want to allow suburbs, where the ‘boomers’ were buying their affordable homes we now call ostentatious palaces in ultra desirable neighbourhoods.

The building code is changing again soon, so expect product like condos to get even more expensive to deliver.

Did you guys know it’s cheaper to build in Vancouver than in Victoria due to different seismic requirements? Meanwhile, developers can charge far more in Vancouver per square foot.

[Sparky]

The new building code was adopted March 8 2024.

https://www2.gov.bc....s/2024-bc-codes

[Mike K.]

More changes coming next year regarding adaptability for accessibility. What that means in English, is a base layer of accessible design in new multi-unit housing will now be required by-code. This will have an impact on cost. This is also why we're seeing so many projects rushing to market this spring, to get ahead of next year's changes.

[Nparker]

Housing affordability: it's nothing that more regulations won't achieve! 

[Victoria Watcher]

Nine months after reaching a population of 40 million, Canada has cracked a new threshold.

 

As of Wednesday morning, it’s estimated 41 million people now call the country home, according to Statistics Canada’s live population tracker.

 

The speed at which Canada’s population is growing was also reflected in new data released Wednesday by the federal agency: between Jan. 1 2023 and Jan. 1 2024, Canada added 1,271,872 inhabitants, a 3.2 per cent growth rate — the highest since 1957.

 

Most of Canada’s 3.2 per cent population growth rate stemmed from temporary immigration. Without it, Canada’s population growth would have been 1.2 per cent, Statistics Canada said.

 

 

 

https://globalnews.c...ion-population/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 28 March 2024 - 10:26 AM.

[dasmo]

“Non-permanent resident inflows, on net, have swelled to about 800K in the latest year, with few checks and balances in place, putting tremendous stress on housing supply and infrastructure.”

 

"Students" not doctors I assume? 

[Victoria Watcher]

Presumably not carpenters and house-builders either.

[spanky123]

“Non-permanent resident inflows, on net, have swelled to about 800K in the latest year, with few checks and balances in place, putting tremendous stress on housing supply and infrastructure.”

 

"Students" not doctors I assume? 

 

Actually a lot of refugees now from the Ukraine, Middle east and Africa. The CBC ran a story the other day on how welfare systems were being taxed as most of the people coming here do not speak English and have few marketable skills.

[Victoria Watcher]

 The CBC ran a story the other day on how welfare systems were being taxed as most of the people coming here do not speak English and have few marketable skills.

 

Link?

[Victoria Watcher]

 

https://www.cfr.org/...igration-policy

 

 

In 2022 only 11,300 Canadians moved to the USA

 

https://worldpopulat...tion-by-country

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 28 March 2024 - 10:53 AM.