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  1. A2-3 Verified Used on: Too Many Doctors

    Family physicians (CIHI): Alberta grew faster in percent in 2025 (+6.6% vs +5.4%) but BC still added more (+425 vs +378) and still has far more per 100,000 (145.0 vs 121.5).

    Supply, Distribution and Migration of Physicians in Canada, 2025 - data tables · Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) · 2026-10-29

  2. A2-5 Verified Used on: Too Many Doctors, Home

    On CPSA's own like-for-like basis (all fully registered physicians, including those with out-of-province addresses), Alberta rose from 12,838 at Dec 2024 to 13,741 at Dec 2025 (+903, +7.0%), then to 14,661 by Sept 30, 2026.

    Physician Resources in Alberta, quarterly updates Q3 2024 to Q1 2026 (PDFs) and CPSA Quarterly statistics page · College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) · 2026-01

  3. A8 Verified Used on: The Healthy Queues Act, Home

    Alberta beats BC on hip-fracture surgery timeliness: 87.4% of Alberta patients met the national benchmark in 2025 vs 74.9% in BC, and Alberta's median wait was about 21.5 hours vs 33.8 hours in BC.

    Wait Times for Priority Procedures in Canada, 2008 to 2025 - data tables (Table 1) · Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) · 2026

  4. A9 Verified Used on: The Healthy Queues Act

    Alberta also beats BC on radiation therapy: 97.0% of patients started treatment within the benchmark in 2025 vs 91.3% in BC (BC fell as low as 72.3% in 2023).

    Wait Times for Priority Procedures in Canada, 2008 to 2025 - data tables (Table 1) · Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) · 2026

  5. A14 Verified Used on: The Healthy Queues Act

    Alberta is doing more hip and knee replacements than before the pandemic, growing faster than BC: April-September volumes rose 28.5% (hip) and 50.9% (knee) in Alberta from 2019 to 2025, vs 21.7% and 20.3% in BC.

    Wait Times for Priority Procedures in Canada, 2008 to 2025 - data tables (Table 1) · Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) · 2026

  6. B2-11 Verified Used on: End the Jobs Crisis

    Alberta added 75,700 jobs (+2.9%) in the 12 months to September 2026 and 167,200 (+6.6%) in 24 months; BC lost 14,500 jobs (-0.5%) in 12 months and gained 28,600 (+1.0%) in 24 months. Alberta clearly wins on jobs.

    Table 14-10-0287-01 Labour force characteristics, monthly, seasonally adjusted · Statistics Canada · 2026-10

  7. B5 Verified Used on: Equalize Incomes (Downward)

    Even after that, Alberta's real GDP per person ($71,940) is 27% higher than BC's ($56,554) and the highest of any province.

    Tables 36-10-0711-01 (GDP) and 17-10-0005-01 (population) · Statistics Canada · 2026-05-01

  8. B6 Verified Used on: End the Jobs Crisis

    Alberta added 370,700 jobs from April 2019 to September 2026 (+16.0%), versus 250,300 (+9.3%) in BC.

    Table 14-10-0287-01 Labour force characteristics, monthly, seasonally adjusted · Statistics Canada · 2026-10

  9. B8 Verified Used on: End the Jobs Crisis, Home

    Alberta gained 370,700 jobs under the UCP (April 2019 to September 2026) versus 37,600 under the Alberta NDP (April 2015 to April 2019).

    Table 14-10-0287-01 Labour force characteristics, monthly, seasonally adjusted · Statistics Canada · 2026-10

  10. B12 Verified Used on: Equalize Incomes (Downward), Home

    Alberta's median after-tax income is $85,300 (2024 dollars), $9,500 (12.5%) above BC's $75,800 and the highest of any province.

    Table 11-10-0190-01 Market income, government transfers, total income, income tax and after-tax income by economic family type · Statistics Canada · 2026

  11. C1 Verified Used on: Fewer Schools, More Solidarity

    Alberta's three-year Education capital plan has roughly doubled in four budgets, from $2.01 billion in Budget 2022 to $3.98 billion in Budget 2026.

    Capital Plan 2026-29 Details by Ministry (plus 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 editions) · Government of Alberta, Treasury Board and Finance · 2026-02-26

  12. C3 Verified Used on: Fewer Schools, More Solidarity, Home

    Alberta budgets about $780 per person on Education capital over 2026-29, versus about $691 per person for BC's K-12 capital plan over 2026/27 to 2028/29, even though the two plans total almost the same dollars ($3.98B vs $3.94B).

    Capital Plan 2026-29 Details by Ministry (Alberta); Budget and Fiscal Plan 2026/27-2028/29, Table 1.6 and 'Investments in Schools' (BC) · Government of Alberta; Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Finance · 2026-02-17

  13. C5 Verified Used on: Fewer Schools, More Solidarity

    Alberta's budgets have approved 40 to 58 school projects a year recently (58 in 2023, 43 in 2024, 41 in 2025, 40 in 2026), versus 20 new school projects in the NDP's final 2018 budget; but most recent approvals are for planning or design, not construction.

    Alberta Education 'Budget 2026 / 2025 / 2024 / 2023 school projects' lists; Fiscal Plan 2018-21 Capital Plan text · Government of Alberta, Education (and Childcare) · 2018-2026

  14. C7 Corrected Used on: Fewer Schools, More Solidarity

    Alberta's School Construction Accelerator Program ('Schools Now'), announced Sept 17 2024, was pitched as $8.6 billion of school capital (about $2.1B already in the budget plus $6.5B new, originally described as spanning three years). Combined with previously approved projects, Alberta says it will deliver about 200,000 new and renovated student spaces by 2031-32, and reports almost 12,000 spaces created or renovated in the first two years (about 6% of the target).

    School construction accelerator program highlights; Schools Now · Government of Alberta, Education and Childcare · 2026

  15. D1 Verified Used on: Too Many Homes, Home

    Alberta started 54,858 homes in 2025, an all-time record for the province and 24% more than BC's 44,193, which works out to 10.9 starts per 1,000 residents in Alberta versus 7.8 in BC.

    Table 34-10-0126-01 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, housing starts, under construction and completions, all areas, annual · Statistics Canada (CMHC data) · 2026

  16. D4 Verified Used on: Too Many Homes

    In 2025 Calgary started 27,684 homes and Edmonton 21,337, which is 15.1 and 12.6 per 1,000 residents, against 8.8 per 1,000 for Vancouver (27,185 starts) and 10.9 for Victoria (4,859).

    Table 34-10-0154-01 CMHC housing starts, under construction and completions in selected census metropolitan areas, monthly · Statistics Canada (CMHC data) · 2026

  17. D5 Verified Used on: Too Many Homes

    Calgary started 9,841 rental homes in 2025, up from 913 in 2018 and now more than Vancouver's 9,630 despite Calgary having 59% of Vancouver's population; Victoria's rental starts per person (7.2 per 1,000) were still the highest of the four cities.

    Table 34-10-0148-01 CMHC housing starts, by type of dwelling and market type, centres 10,000 and over · Statistics Canada (CMHC data) · 2026

  18. D6 Verified Used on: Too Many Homes

    In CMHC's October 2025 survey the average two-bedroom purpose-built apartment rented for $1,914 in Calgary and $1,603 in Edmonton, versus $2,363 in Vancouver and $2,120 in Victoria, so Calgary was 19% cheaper than Vancouver and Edmonton 32% cheaper.

    CMHC 2025 Rental Market Report, data tables, Table 1.1.2 Private Apartment Average Rents ($) by Zone and Bedroom Type (Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Victoria CMAs) · Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation · 2025-12-11

  19. D7 Verified Used on: The Rent Freeze

    Calgary's purpose-built vacancy rate was 5.0% in October 2025, the highest of the four cities, against 3.8% in Edmonton, 3.7% in Vancouver and 3.3% in Victoria; Vancouver's had more than doubled from 1.6% a year earlier.

    CMHC 2025 Rental Market Report, data tables, Table 1.1.1 Private Apartment Vacancy Rates (%) by Zone and Bedroom Type · Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation · 2025-12-11

  20. D10 Verified Used on: Too Many Homes

    RBC's Q2 2026 affordability measure says owning a home takes 83.9% of median household income in Vancouver and 63.3% in Victoria, versus 41.3% in Calgary and 36.8% in Edmonton (Canada: 52.8%).

    RBC Economics, Canada's Housing Market: Housing affordability relief is tapering off across Canada · RBC Economics · 2026-09-28

  21. D13 Verified Used on: The Rent Freeze

    Diamond, McQuade and Qian found that San Francisco landlords hit by a 1994 rent-control expansion cut their rental housing supply by 15%, and estimated that this supply loss caused a 5.1% citywide rent increase (working-paper version).

    'The Effects of Rent Control Expansion on Tenants, Landlords, and Inequality: Evidence from San Francisco', American Economic Review 109(9), pp. 3365-94 (NBER Working Paper 24181, Jan 2018) · American Economic Association / NBER (Rebecca Diamond, Timothy McQuade, Franklin Qian) · 2019-09

  22. D14 Verified Used on: The Rent Freeze

    After Berlin's 2020 rent freeze took effect, the number of new rental ads posted per week fell by about 56% (from roughly 629 to 276 on average) while advertised rents dropped 7 to 11%, in the Hahn, Kholodilin and Waltl study.

    'Forward to the Past: Short-Term Effects of the Rent Freeze in Berlin' (DIW Discussion Paper 1928; later Management Science 70(3), 2024, pp. 1901-1923, with Marco Fongoni) · DIW Berlin (German Institute for Economic Research); Management Science · 2021

  23. D15 Verified Used on: The Rent Freeze

    After St. Paul, Minnesota's 2021 rent-control vote, the city council itself cited HUD data showing only 200 residential building permits through April 2022 versus 1,391 a year earlier (-86%), then amended the law in 2022 to exempt new construction for 20 years.

    City of Saint Paul Ordinance 22-37, amending Chapter 193A (Rent Stabilization), WHEREAS clauses and section exempting newly constructed property · City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (City Council) · 2022-10

  24. D18 Verified Used on: The Rent Freeze

    Stockholm's Bostadsförmedlingen reports an average queue of 9.0 years to get a regular rental apartment through the queue in 2025, 12.4 years in Stockholm municipality and 21.1 years in the inner city, with 894,592 people registered.

    Bostadsförmedlingens årsberättelse 2025 (Stockholm Housing Agency annual report 2025), p. 2 'Genomsnittlig kötid' and p. 19 · Bostadsförmedlingen i Stockholm AB (Stockholm municipal housing agency) · 2026

  25. D19 Verified Used on: The Rent Freeze

    When the University of Chicago's IGM panel of top US economists was asked in 2012 whether rent control in places like New York and San Francisco had improved the amount and quality of affordable rental housing, 33 of 41 panelists disagreed (13 strongly) and only 1 agreed.

    IGM Forum / Clark Center Economic Experts Panel: Rent Control (US panel) · Clark Center for Global Markets, University of Chicago Booth School of Business · 2012-02-07

  26. D20 Corrected Used on: The Rent Freeze

    Swedish economist Assar Lindbeck wrote that 'next to bombing, rent control seems in many cases to be the most efficient technique so far known for destroying cities' (The Political Economy of the New Left: An Outsider's View, Harper & Row, 1971, p. 39).

    Econlib (Library of Economics and Liberty), Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: 'Rent Control' (footnote 4 cites Lindbeck via Rydenfelt) · Library of Economics and Liberty (Liberty Fund) · 1972

  27. D21 Verified Used on: The Rent Freeze

    Paul Krugman wrote in a June 7, 2000 New York Times column ('A Rent Affair') that rent control is 'among the best-understood issues in all of economics, and—among economists, anyway—one of the least controversial.'

    Cascade Policy Institute, 'A Done Deal and a Bad Deal: Why Rent Control Won't Solve the Housing Crisis' (quoting Krugman, New York Times, 'A rent affair', June 7, 2000) · Cascade Policy Institute (quoting The New York Times) · 2000-06-07

  28. E1 Verified Used on: Stop the Influx

    In the 12 months to June 2024 Alberta had a net gain of 48,394 people from other provinces, the highest July-to-June total in the series back to 1961/62, while BC had a net loss of 4,127.

    Table 17-10-0020-01 Estimates of the components of interprovincial migration, quarterly (retrieved via StatCan Web Data Service, vectors v509051 AB in-migrants, v509066 AB out-migrants, v509039 BC in-migrants, v509054 BC out-migrants) · Statistics Canada · 2026-09-23

  29. E2 Verified Used on: Stop the Influx

    During the Alberta NDP years Alberta lost people to other provinces every single July-to-June year (about 35,900 net over four years); under the UCP the seven-year total is a net gain of about 129,700, though the first two UCP years were still negative.

    Table 17-10-0020-01 Estimates of the components of interprovincial migration, quarterly · Statistics Canada · 2026-09-23

  30. F1 Verified Used on: Abolish the Surplus, Home

    Alberta finished 2025-26 with a $2.2 billion surplus while B.C. finished the same fiscal year with a $7.7 billion deficit.

    Government of Alberta 2025-26 Final Results Year-End Report (Oct 2026), p.3; B.C. Public Accounts 2025/26 Financial Statement Discussion and Analysis (Highlights) · Alberta Treasury Board and Finance; BC Ministry of Finance · 2026-10

  31. F2 Verified Used on: Abolish the Surplus

    Alberta's budget balance summed to a $1.3 billion surplus across the seven UCP fiscal years (2019-20 to 2025-26), versus a $32.0 billion cumulative deficit across the four Alberta NDP fiscal years (2015-16 to 2018-19).

    Government of Alberta 2025-26 Final Results Year-End Report, Historical Fiscal Summary 2014-15 to 2025-26 (p.14), row 19 · Alberta Treasury Board and Finance · 2026-10

  32. F4 Verified Used on: Abolish the Surplus

    For 2026-27, B.C. forecasts a record $13.8 billion deficit while Alberta's first-quarter update forecasts a $2.0 billion surplus, an $11.4 billion turnaround from Alberta's own budget, driven by oil prices after the Middle East war began in February 2026.

    Alberta 2026-27 First Quarter Fiscal Update and Economic Statement (Aug 27, 2026), p.3; BC news release 'B.C. economy shows resilience in first quarterly report' (Sep 14, 2026) · Alberta Treasury Board and Finance; BC Ministry of Finance · 2026-08-27

  33. F7 Verified Used on: Abolish the Surplus

    B.C.'s taxpayer-supported debt rose from $41.5 billion (Mar 2017) to $117.4 billion (Mar 2026), 2.8 times higher, and Budget 2026 projects $189.0 billion by 2028/29.

    B.C. Public Accounts FSDA 2017/18 (Mar 2017 column) through 2025/26 (Highlights); BC Budget and Fiscal Plan 2026/27-2028/29, Table 1.9 · BC Ministry of Finance · 2026-08

  34. F10 Corrected Used on: Abolish the Surplus

    B.C. has been downgraded by all four rating agencies since April 2025: S&P twice (Apr 2, 2025, AA- to A+; Apr 2, 2026, A+ to A, negative outlook), Moody's twice (Apr 2, 2025, Aaa to Aa1; Mar 19, 2026, Aa1 to Aa2, negative outlook), Morningstar DBRS (Apr 9, 2026, AA (high) to AA, stable trend) and Fitch (spring 2026, AA+ to AA-, negative outlook; Fitch's rating report is dated Apr 24, 2026).

    Moody's Ratings Rating Action (Mar 19, 2026); S&P Global Ratings Research Update (Apr 2, 2026); Morningstar DBRS Credit Rating Report (May 1, 2026); Canadian Press via National Newswatch (Apr 2, 2025) · Moody's Ratings; S&P Global Ratings; Morningstar DBRS (documents hosted by BC Ministry of Finance) · 2026-03-19

  35. F13 Verified Used on: A Proper Sales Tax

    Alberta introduced a new 8% personal income tax bracket on the first $60,000 of income effective Jan 1, 2025 (saving up to $750 a person, about $1.2 billion a year), and Alberta's Budget 2025 says a $75,000 earner pays about $2,100 less provincial tax than in B.C.

    Alberta Budget 2025 Fiscal Plan 2025-28 (p.118); alberta.ca Personal income tax page · Alberta Treasury Board and Finance · 2025-02-27

  36. F14 Verified Used on: A Proper Sales Tax, Home

    Alberta has no provincial sales tax, while B.C. charges a 7% PST on most goods and services.

    BC Ministry of Finance, PST page; Alberta Budget 2025 Fiscal Plan · BC Ministry of Finance; Alberta Treasury Board and Finance · 2026

  37. F16 Verified Used on: A Proper Sales Tax, Home

    Alberta's own Budget 2026 measures its 2026-27 'tax advantage' at $16.9 billion: the extra provincial tax Albertans and Alberta businesses would pay under other provinces' tax systems.

    alberta.ca 'Alberta tax advantage' page (Budget 2026) · Alberta Treasury Board and Finance · 2026-02

  38. H4 Verified Used on: Home

    The Republican Party of Alberta (RPA) is a registered party led by Cameron Davies and was named the Buffalo Party of Alberta until February 10, 2025.

    Elections Alberta, Parties · Elections Alberta · 2026

  39. H5 Verified Used on: Home

    The Progressive Tory Party of Alberta (TORY) is a registered party led by Peter Guthrie, renamed from the Alberta Party effective December 18, 2025. It is the registered 'Tory' option; no party named Progressive Conservative appears on the registered list.

    Elections Alberta, Parties · Elections Alberta · 2026

  40. H6 Verified Used on: Home

    The Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta is still registered, but Elections Alberta shows its leader as 'Vacant'.

    Elections Alberta, Parties (read via page summary) · Elections Alberta · 2026

  41. H7 Verified Used on: Home

    Other registered parties and their listed leaders: Alberta Liberal Party (John Roggeveen, interim), Green Party of Alberta (James Anderson), The Independence Party of Alberta (Ron Robertson, interim), Wildrose Loyalty Coalition (Paul Hinman), Solidarity Movement of Alberta (Artur Pawlowski), Advantage Party of Alberta (Marilyn Burns), Pro-Life Alberta Political Association (Murray Ruhl), Communist Party - Alberta (Naomi Rankin).

    Elections Alberta, Parties · Elections Alberta · 2026

  42. H12 Verified Used on: Home, How to Vote Split

    The next Alberta general election is scheduled for October 18, 2027 (third Monday in October of the 4th calendar year after the last general election), though the Lieutenant Governor can dissolve the Legislature earlier.

    Elections Alberta, Alberta's Next Provincial General Election; Election Act s.38.1 · Elections Alberta · 2026

  43. H13 Verified Used on: How to Vote Split

    The number and shape of ridings for the 2027 election is unsettled: a commission recommended 89 ridings in March 2026, and on April 16, 2026 the government moved to replace that process with a government-led committee and a possible 91 seats. We could not confirm the final map.

    Wikipedia, 32nd Alberta general election (pointer) · Wikipedia · 2026

  44. H14 Verified Used on: Home

    In the 2023 Alberta general election the UCP won 928,900 votes (52.6%) and 49 seats; the NDP won 777,404 votes (44.0%) and 38 seats.

    Elections Alberta Official Results, Provincial General Election May 29, 2023 · Elections Alberta · 2023

  45. H19 Verified Used on: How to Vote Split

    2023: Calgary-North was won by the UCP by 129 votes (0.82% of valid votes) over the NDP. To flip it, 130 UCP voters (about 1.6% of the UCP vote) would have to stop voting UCP without moving to the NDP.

    Elections Alberta Official Results, 2023 general election, riding rows · Elections Alberta · 2023

  46. H20 Verified Used on: How to Vote Split

    2023: Calgary-North West was won by the UCP by 143 votes (0.58% of valid votes) over the NDP. To flip it, 144 UCP voters (about 1.2% of the UCP vote) would have to stop voting UCP without moving to the NDP.

    Elections Alberta Official Results, 2023 general election, riding rows · Elections Alberta · 2023

  47. H24 Verified Used on: How to Vote Split

    2023: Calgary-Cross was won by the UCP by 514 votes (3.42% of valid votes) over the NDP. To flip it, 515 UCP voters (about 6.8% of the UCP vote) would have to stop voting UCP without moving to the NDP.

    Elections Alberta Official Results, 2023 general election, riding rows · Elections Alberta · 2023

  48. H26 Verified Used on: How to Vote Split

    2023: Calgary-Bow was won by the UCP by 623 votes (2.35% of valid votes) over the NDP. To flip it, 624 UCP voters (about 4.7% of the UCP vote) would have to stop voting UCP without moving to the NDP.

    Elections Alberta Official Results, 2023 general election, riding rows · Elections Alberta · 2023

  49. H27 Verified Used on: How to Vote Split

    2023: Lethbridge-East was won by the UCP by 636 votes (2.91% of valid votes) over the NDP. To flip it, 637 UCP voters (about 5.8% of the UCP vote) would have to stop voting UCP without moving to the NDP.

    Elections Alberta Official Results, 2023 general election, riding rows · Elections Alberta · 2023

  50. H28 Verified Used on: How to Vote Split

    2023: Calgary-East was won by the UCP by 698 votes (4.92% of valid votes) over the NDP. To flip it, 699 UCP voters (about 9.8% of the UCP vote) would have to stop voting UCP without moving to the NDP.

    Elections Alberta Official Results, 2023 general election, riding rows · Elections Alberta · 2023

  51. H32 Verified Used on: How to Vote Split

    Holding everything else at 2023 levels, if 2% of a riding's UCP voters had stopped voting UCP (without voting NDP), 2 UCP seats would have gone NDP; at 5%, 3; at 10%, 6; at 20%, 9 (of 49 UCP-held).

    Our calculation from Elections Alberta Official Results, 2023 · Elections Alberta (data), our arithmetic · 2023

  52. H38 Verified Used on: How to Vote Split

    In the September 14, 2026 Calgary-Shaw by-election the NDP's Kyle Campbell won with 7,464 votes (46.7%) over the UCP's 6,873 (43.0%), a margin of 591; the Progressive Tory Party got 977 (6.1%), more than the margin. Turnout was 35.9%.

    Elections Alberta Official Results, By-Election September 14, 2026 · Elections Alberta · 2026

  53. I4 Verified Used on: Stop the Influx

    On calendar-year terms, Alberta's total net migration was +185,313 in 2023, +156,653 in 2024 and +74,284 in 2025, which lines up with the UN's calendar-year country figures.

    Statistics Canada Tables 17-10-0040-01 (quarterly components), 17-10-0020-01 (quarterly interprovincial) and 17-10-0009-01 (population) · Statistics Canada · 2026

  54. I5 Verified Used on: Stop the Influx

    Cuba's own statistics office put the country's net external migration at -251,221 people in 2024, about 25.4 per 1,000 residents, a much bigger loss than the UN model shows.

    Juventud Tecnica, 'Poblacion efectiva de Cuba decrecio en 2024' (reporting ONEI press conference of 23 May 2025); corroborated by OnCuba News · ONEI (Cuba's national statistics office) via Juventud Tecnica / OnCuba News · 2025-05-23

  55. I7 Corrected Used on: Stop the Influx

    The UN's modelled estimate for Cuba's net migration is only about 22,000 a year (-22,797 for 2023, -22,356 projected for 2024), while Cuba's own statistics office (ONEI) reports -345,418 for 2023 and -251,221 for 2024, so the UN series understates Cuban emigration by a factor of 11 to 15.

    UN World Population Prospects 2024, Demographic Indicators (Medium), NetMigrations; World Bank SM.POP.NETM · UN Population Division / World Bank · 2024

  56. I8 Verified Used on: Stop the Influx

    Venezuela had net emigration of 112,899 in 2023 and 105,297 projected for 2024 per the UN model, down from 975,534 in 2019; by the UN model it is still the worst per-person loss of the seven countries (3.99 per 1,000).

    UN World Population Prospects 2024, Demographic Indicators (Medium); World Bank SM.POP.NETM · UN Population Division / World Bank · 2024

  57. I10 Corrected Used on: Stop the Influx

    The UN's modelled estimate for North Korea's net migration is only -1,997 in 2023 (-2,473 projected for 2024), a tiny outflow from a country that restricts exit.

    UN World Population Prospects 2024, Demographic Indicators (Medium); World Bank SM.POP.NETM · UN Population Division / World Bank · 2024

  58. I12 Verified Used on: Stop the Influx

    China's net migration was an outflow of 567,724 people in 2023 (UN estimate), about 0.4 per 1,000, the largest absolute loss of the seven countries.

    UN World Population Prospects 2024, Demographic Indicators (Medium); World Bank SM.POP.NETM · UN Population Division / World Bank · 2024

  59. I13 Verified Used on: Stop the Influx

    Vietnam's net migration swung from about -5,000 a year in 2021 to -81,789 in 2023 (UN estimate), about 0.8 per 1,000.

    UN World Population Prospects 2024, Demographic Indicators (Medium); World Bank SM.POP.NETM · UN Population Division / World Bank · 2024

  60. I14 Verified Used on: Stop the Influx

    Laos had net emigration of 10,003 in 2023 (UN estimate), about 1.3 per 1,000, with similar losses projected for 2024 and 2025.

    UN World Population Prospects 2024, Demographic Indicators (Medium); World Bank SM.POP.NETM · UN Population Division / World Bank · 2024

  61. I15 Corrected Used on: Stop the Influx

    The UN model puts Nicaragua's net migration at -7,996 in 2023, while Confidencial reported 'some 95,000' Nicaraguans leaving in 2024 (no source given) and an exile-activist NGO counted at least 800,000 leaving between April 2018 and November 2025.

    UN WPP 2024 Demographic Indicators; Confidencial (Orozco, Inter-American Dialogue); Confidencial (Collective for Human Rights and Historical Memory of Nicaragua) · UN Population Division; Confidencial; Collective for Human Rights and Historical Memory of Nicaragua · 2024

  62. I17 Verified Used on: Stop the Influx, Home

    Added together, the seven countries (Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, China, Vietnam, Laos, Nicaragua) had a combined UN-estimated net migration of -805,205 in 2023 across about 1.6 billion people, while Alberta (4.7 million people) gained 185,313.

    UN WPP 2024 Demographic Indicators (Medium) for the seven countries; Statistics Canada 17-10-0040-01 / 17-10-0020-01 / 17-10-0009-01 for Alberta · UN Population Division; Statistics Canada · 2024