{"id":130692,"date":"2023-11-27T17:44:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T22:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/alberta-city-of-edmonton-to-welcome-more-than-30000-newcomers-this-year\/"},"modified":"2023-11-27T17:44:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T22:44:40","slug":"alberta-city-of-edmonton-to-welcome-more-than-30000-newcomers-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/alberta-city-of-edmonton-to-welcome-more-than-30000-newcomers-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta City Of Edmonton To Welcome More Than 30,000 Newcomers This Year\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Upwards of 30,000 immigrants are expected to make the city of Edmonton their new home in Canada this year, according to a report by the Conference Board of Canada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is following the trend from last year, when \u2013 at three times the 20-year average \u2013 the city experienced a net migration of more than 33,000 individuals.<\/p>\n

Although the Board also proposed that the net international migration to Edmonton will go down over the next couple of years, it will continue to remain above the 20-year average, at around 21,800 people in 2024 and 18,400 in 2025.<\/p>\n

Director of economic forecasting at the Conference Board, Ted Mallett, proposed several reasons for this movement, with one of them being the federal government\u2019s speeding up of immigration.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0The immigration has by design been increased significantly,\u00a0\u00bb Mallett said in an interview Monday, according to Dennis Kovtun of CBC News.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe other two reasons that Mallett proposed were Prairie cities such as Edmonton having higher wages and more affordable housing prices compared to Vancouver and Toronto.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0What sets Edmonton apart is that home building tends to be very consistent and at a high pace,\u00a0\u00bb he\u202fsaid. Furthermore, the Albertan economy is a \u201cpowerful engine,\u201d owing to oil and gas, and local manufacturing and services.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0It tends to\u202fdraw many more people who are perhaps priced out of the marketplace in other parts of the country,\u00a0\u00bb Mallett said.<\/p>\n

However, the rapid population growth this causes does not lead to purely positive outcomes.<\/p>\n

For one, it is essential to ensure that real estate development does not fall behind population growth. Failure to ensure the same may result in newcomers engaging in bidding wars with each other, as per Mallett.<\/p>\n

This acceleration applies to not only real estate but infrastructure in general. Ward papastew Coun. Michaeel Janz, for example, stressed the importance of ensuring that people are connected to their workplaces, and \u2013 instead of expanding urban sprawl \u2013 the city should focus on replenishing existing infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, according to him, Edmonton should speed up transportation planning. He said that the city has plans for rapid bus transit and other public transport options coming online when its population touches 1.25 million individuals, as per CBC News.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0But that’s going to be coming sooner than we think. That could be in five or six years.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

Edmonton\u2019s Need for a Renewed Immigration Policy<\/h3>\n

The second State of Immigration and Settlement Report<\/i><\/a> from earlier this year highlighted how immigrants coming to Edmonton from other countries are facing issues related to employment, discrimination, lack of affordable housing, and education, and stressed the vital need for an updated immigration policy in the city to ensure that newcomers do not struggle.<\/p>\n

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