Alberta has maintained its position as the leading destination in the country for interprovincial migration for the third consecutive year.
The province is now home to more than five million people, according to the latest numbers released by Statistics Canada.
The growth has come from interprovincial migration, new immigrants, and an increase in the number of babies born in Alberta.
StatCan population and migration data released on Sept. 24 showed that more than 47,000 people moved from other provinces to Alberta in the first six months of 2025.
Canada’s population grew by approximately 77,000 people or 0.001 percent during the same period.
Most provinces have seen a population growth this year. B.C. is the only province to see a decrease in its population, with roughly 2,400 leaving the western province in the first half of 2025.
Ontario experienced a net loss of more than 6,000 individuals due to interprovincial migration from April to June, in addition to the 5,300 people who relocated to other provinces from Ontario during the first three months of this year.
The majority of interprovincial migration to Alberta came from Ontario, B.C., and Saskatchewan.
The numbers indicate that 8,780 people moved from Ontario to Alberta from April to June of this year, while 5,793 flowed the opposite way.
Immigration Numbers
Alberta’s increasing population has also been a result of international migration, with the province seeing 26,237 people moving there from other countries between April and June. The province saw a drop of 3,818 non-permanent residents during the same timeframe.It was the second consecutive quarter that saw a drop in the number of non-permanent residents moving to Alberta. The province saw a drop of 669 non-permanent residents moving there in the first three months of 2025 compared to 26,876 non-residents moving to Alberta at the same time last year.
StatCan data shows that Alberta has lost 6,419 immigrants since 2024, with the number of immigrants in the province dropping from 19,032 in the second quarter of 2024 to 12,613 in the second quarter of 2025.
The drop in the number of non-permanent residents has been seen in other parts of Canada as well. Ontario lost 37,397 non-permanent residents during the second quarter of 2025, while B.C. saw a drop of 14,699 during that same period. Canada lost a total of 58,719 non-permanent residents in total.
StatCan numbers show that Alberta also gained 5,361 people naturally in the second quarter of 2025, as births outnumbered deaths. This statistic was consistent across Canada, with births surpassing deaths by 13,404 during that timeframe.
