Monday 2 November 2015

Population of Alberta 1901-2011

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They left you.
And there is no reason asking Y.

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I chose this subject because of the wide variety of information available, but also because of how Alberta has now become my home and I am a part of the statistics listed being a foreign born immigrant along with having moved from the East Coast to Alberta because of lack of work.

The goal is to show the population growth within Alberta from 1901 to 2011 which is provided by Census Canada, while making predictions for the following ten years up to 2021.



  This data was acquired from Wikipedia and confirmed using the Immigration and Ethnocultural  Diversity in Canada website which showed identical numbers for year each listed.

  Alberta has seen a steady increase of population from 1991 to 2011 of about 200,000+ individuals per year, but as we have no idea what will happen within the economy regarding jobs and growth in the future I have made my estimate based on a rise of 200,000+ is to be expected for 2021.



By my estimate using the calculator to predict future population growth I have estimated:

Y = Ax(sq)+Bx+C
A = 231.8399301
B = -876539.5428
C = 828713603

Y1 = 231.84x(sq)-876539.24x+828713603

Future predictions for Alberta given the information provided show:

By 2021 we should reach a population of 4164309.
By 2031 we should reach a population of 4793071.





Immigration as a whole is a positive thing. As the population ages and enters retirement, many of those being the finial baby boomers a younger population is needed to take over and enter those now absent jobs. Immigration fuels not only the Alberta economy but all of Canada.

Exponential Graph






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