The number of interprovincial migrants to Alberta has increased steadily since the mid-1980s, particularly since 2005. In-migration to Alberta was at 40,000 people in 1984, rising to 100,000 people in 2008 (CANSIM, Statistics Canada). However, there was a period between the mid-1990s and early 2000s when the number changed little; hence the lack of growth in the comparison group’s migration rate over that period.