Positive international immigration was not enough to offset a net loss from inter-provincial migration, resulting in a loss of 267 people to New Brunswick’s population in the third quarter of 2011. This was a reversal from the gain made in the third quarter of 2010.

New Brunswick lost 779 people through inter-provincial migration, more than six times the decrease from the third quarter of 2010.

The province gained 512 people from international immigration in the third quarter of 2011, down 27 per cent from the same period in 2010.

The third quarter of 2011 saw 3,511 people relocate to New Brunswick from elsewhere in Canada. This was down nine per cent from the third quarter of 2010. A decrease in the number of people arriving from Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland was responsible for most of the decline.

A total of 4,290 people left the province for elsewhere in Canada in the third quarter of 2011, an increase of eight per cent from a year earlier. More people left for Alberta and Quebec in the third quarter of 2011 than in the third quarter of 2010.

The result was a net loss of 779 people to New Brunswick’s population from inter-provincial migration in the third quarter of 2011. This was more than six times the net loss from the previous third quarter. Larger net losses to Alberta and Quebec were mainly responsible for this decline.