More people are moving to Alberta every year.

Between immigration and a provincial campaign calling residents from other provinces to set up shop here, Alberta’s population has boomed.

Earlier this year, the number of people calling Alberta home grew to five million – up 4.4 per cent from the year before.

Alberta’s jobs, economy and immigration minister says the numbers tell a tale of immigration being too much for the province to handle – despite the federal government introducing immigration limits earlier this year.

“That is just too high for us,” Minister Joseph Schow said. “Too high for any subnational jurisdiction or nation in general. It’s very difficult to keep up with things like housing, health care education, really social services we as a province support.”

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