Young People are Leaving Halifax at an Alarming Rate
There is a a worrisome number that a report done in 2014 shows about Halifax's population growth. The problem is that people are leaving the city for other parts of Canada faster than the city can bring in international immigrants. The biggest problem with respect to population growth for Halifax and Nova Scotia has been outmigration to other parts of the country. In 2013, 2 100 Halifax residents left the province for other Canadian communities. New employees to the labour force, new gradates, and other young Nova Scotians are what makes up most of the 2 100. In 2013, Halifax residents between the age of 20-39 were 45% of interprovincial out migrants. The parents in this age group take their young children with them, and children under the age of 15 accounted for a 29.5% of the interprovincial out migrants.
In other words, people in their prime working age are leaving, which creates a short-term problem. The long-term problem is that they take their young families with them, potentially compounding the shortage for decades to come.
They could prevent this from happening by making their work environment for open, different and put towards the young peoples interests. The people left Halifax and Nova Scotia to go to different provinces/communities where their was an oppurtunity for what they wanted to do.
In other words, people in their prime working age are leaving, which creates a short-term problem. The long-term problem is that they take their young families with them, potentially compounding the shortage for decades to come.
They could prevent this from happening by making their work environment for open, different and put towards the young peoples interests. The people left Halifax and Nova Scotia to go to different provinces/communities where their was an oppurtunity for what they wanted to do.