Same data presented a slightly different way:
Halifax Total migrants 47,730 (2006 census period)
- Intraprovincial migrants - 13,330 (27.9%)
- Interprovincial migrants - 26,435 (55.4%)
- International migrants - 7,965 (16.7%)
St. John's Total migrants 28,945
- Intraprovincial migrants - 16,830 (58.1%)
- Interprovincial migrants - 9,930 (34.3%)
- International migrants - 2,180 (7.5%)
Moncton Total migrants 23,105
- Intraprovincial migrants - 14,600 (63.2%)
- Interprovincial migrants - 7,115 (30.8%)
- International migrants - 1,390 (6.0%)
Saint John Total migrants 16,880
- Intraprovincial migrants - 10,475 (62.1%)
- Interprovincial migrants - 4,570 (27.1%)
- International migrants - 1,835 (10.9%)
I find it quite interesting just how proportionately small the relative contribution of intraprovincial migration is to the HRM. I wonder in the long term if this will worsen the urban/rural disconnect in Nova Scotia. I could see how outlying citizens of the province might start thinking of the city as somewhat of a foreign entity in the long term. Similarly, urban residents of HRM, if they have no connections to the remainder of the province, might view the rural folk with increasing contempt. Food for thought.....