Boost in migration strengthens Calgary housing market: CMHC

CALGARY — Strong employment growth in the Calgary region has sparked more people from other parts of the country to move here, buoying the local housing market for the next two years.

According to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., net migration to the Calgary census metropolitan area will balloon to 20,000 people this year after numbers dropped to 9,209 in 2010 and 11,220 in 2011. And the CMHC is forecasting net migration to the region to be 18,000 in 2013.

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