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Table 10.1.3.2
Comparison of RRC estimates of net interprovincial migration and count from Canada Customs and Revenue Agency data for provinces

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Provinces Net interprovincial migration Difference t-value2
RRC1 CCRA count
Sample size Estimated number Standard error
Newfoundland and Labrador 408 -17,566 4,425 -14,530 -3,036 -0.69
Prince Edward Island 381 -707 2,724 -434 -273 -0.10
Nova Scotia 710 -16,011 7,626 -6,987 -9,024 -1.18
New Brunswick 552 -10,187 6,326 -7,491 -2,696 -0.43
Quebec 397 -20,524 14,679 -20,789 265 0.02
Ontario 1,293 -29,777 23,213 -24,884 -4,893 -0.21
Manitoba 430 -25,718 8,169 -24,655 -1,063 -0.13
Saskatchewan 587 -41,151 6,883 -36,009 -5,142 -0.75
Alberta 1,512 163,956 17,241 122,892 41,064 2.38
British Columbia 1,008 -2,316 16,693 12,887 -15,203 -0.91
Notes:
  1. The RRC excludes persons living in a province on May 15, 2006 who had lived in one of three territories five years earlier on May 15, 2001.
  2. A t-value either greater than 1.96 or less than -1.96 indicates that the difference is significant at the 95% level.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Reverse Record Check.