Term: Interprovincial Migration

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2022-12-08

Definition:

This refers to the movement of individuals between provinces or states within a country, with the intention of settling permanently or temporarily. In Canada, internal migration is referred to as "interprovincial migration", which is the move from one Canadian province or territory to another. Interprovincial migration applies to both immigrants (after landing in Canada) and non-immigrants.

Related concepts 

• Follow-Up Issues
• Immigration / Migration Overview - Links to Immigration / Migration Data and Related Concepts and Glossary Terms
• Residential Mobility

Related terms 

• Geographic Mobility in Manitoba
• Loss To Follow-up
• Manitoba Population Research Data Repository (Repository)
• Migrant / Migration

Term used in 

• Urquia M, Walld R, Prior H, Detillieux G, Eze N, Koseva I. The Diversity of Immigrants to Manitoba, Migration Dynamics and Basic Healthcare Service Use. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2020. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Urquia ML, Walld R, Wanigaratne S, Eze ND, Azimaee M, McDonald JT, Guttmann A. Linking national immigration data to provincial repositories: The case of Canada. Int J Popul Data Sci 2021;6(1):1412. [Abstract] (View)