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Many people do not realize how important is a question: Where am I going to live? At this point, you probably already have decided to immigrate to or have received a visa and medical forms in your hands. Ask yourself one more time: What do I know about my destination? What the reason to go there; relatives, friends, big city, climate, job, anything else? Most of the people put job on first priority.

Why choose Alberta as your home? These are many reasons to choose Alberta as your home province. Alberta is a natural destination. From the Inland Seas of prairie wheat to the soaring peaks of the Canadian Rockies to the eerily beautiful Hoodoos, Alberta and its natural treasures are meant to be seen and enjoyed by all.

Did you know Alberta is

A leader in economic growth in and the world. Approximately #137 billion worth of new projects on the books Alberta is the only debt free province in According to “Alberta Human Resources and Employment” (June 2008), Alberta ’s Unemployment at an all-time low Highest disposable income.

Alberta ’s Unemployment Rate of 3.3% in 2008. Alberta had the highest annual Employment Growth Rate among all Canadian provinces. Amongst all Alberta regions, Calgary had the highest annual labor force participation.

• According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), “The need for skilled people is the highest it’s been in the past 25 years … there are currently 250,000 to 300,000 unfilled jobs small and medium-sized businesses”.

•  Alberta Human Resources and Employment (AHRE) estimates that almost half of 53 occupational categories in the province are short of workers. Alberta faces a gap between the number of jobs and skilled workers to fill them.

• As faces a looming labor shortage - one million skilled workers by 2020, according to the Conference Board of Canada, governments and industries are scrambling to groom people for the trades for small and mid- sized businesses.

• The biggest shortage is in the construction industry, which has current and long-term opening of 5.5% and 7.2% respectively. Business services and the hospitality sector also reported above average shortages of 4.9 % and 5.5%.

• According to a poll conducted by Canada West Foundation on issues concerning Canadians, the labor shortage was ranked second in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

• Nationwide, Alberta has the greatest shortage of skilled workers, 7.0% on unfilled openings and 5.4% of long-term vacancies.

In Alberta there are two major cities Edmonton and Calgary. Edmonton is the Capital of Alberta. Calgary is the youngest city in Canada with a wide range of job opportunities. In fact, it is a capital city of Canadian Oil Manufacturers , but oil is just a part of local Industries. Geophysics, Programmers, Medical, Engineers, Mechanics, Bakers and Constructors are just a few of the many professions.

In Calgary, there are educational institutes such as University of Calgary, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), DeVry University, Mount Royal College, Bow Valley College, CDI College and many others. According to Statistics Quality of Education Calgary is one of the best in.

Medical insurance is more flexible then in any other province. In fact, you can get it at the same day you arrive to Alberta as long as it is a working day.

It will cover all basic needs and works in any other province in and even abroad. You may even be eligible for upto 100% health care subsidy if you have low income.

Housing, rental and lodging are cheaper then in Vancouver. You have a wide selection of places to go such as Calgary is just one hour of driving from Banff and three hours from Edmonton. Climate is very dry. We have about 10-15% of humidity in the winter, but 50% in a summer time.

A lot of people from inside moved in Calgary last time for different reasons. Mainly, because Alberta offers high quality of life for the cheapest price in, not to mention the great job opportunities Calgary Stampede and Calgary flames are some people’s main reason to choose to live Calgary. 
 
It's no wonder that UNESCO crowned Alberta with 5 of’s 13 World Heritage Sites. And each of them is a national treasure: Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Waterton/Glacier National Park, Banff-Jasper National Parks, Wood Buffalo National Park and Dinosaur Provincial Park. We also have 5 National Parks and over sixty Provincial Parks, each one serving up breathtaking beauty.  

RECENT NEWS ABOUT ALBERTA WORKER SHORTAGE  

EDMONTON — Alberta’s employment minister says the province’s labour shortage could worsen over the next decade. Hector Goudreau says the province could find itself short 110,000 workers unless government and industry start thinking of new ways to attract and retain workers.

Goudreau told a meeting of health-care workers Thursday that one of the causes of the shortage is the aging workforce. He says the situation in the health sector will be even more challenging because the province will need to compete with the rest of Canada to get people.

He made the comments prior to announcing a new provincial immigration initiative that would allow Albertans to fast-track family members with a post-secondary education and work experience to come here. The province is currently between 30,000 to 40,000 workers short in all fields of employment.

“It becomes urgent when businesses are closed,” he said. “When a businessman says, ‘I lost $4 million because I didn’t have enough people.’ We are hearing that.”

The province has a variety of employment and immigration programs set up, he said, which include everything from getting more disabled people back at work, to getting older workers off the front line of the labour force and into managerial positions.

Included in that is a strategy on the part of the province to recruit workers from other parts of Canada who want to move to Alberta, he added.
Under the new Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program, the sponsored family member must be between 21 and 45 years old, but does not need to have a job lined up before they apply.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada will make the final decision on permanent resident applications and nominees will still need to pass security and health checks.

Hugh MacDonald, Liberal employment and immigration critic, said the government has to do more to attract permanent workers from other parts of the country like Ontario.

“I think we should aggressively recruit laid-off workers in the industrial heartland, in Ontario,” he said.

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