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Hang on, Acme! Calgary's population boom expected to spill over to small-town Alberta next

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Posted this 2024-12-13 5:17 AM MST

As Calgary prices creep up, economists expect to see more intraprovincial migration

CBC NewsKarina Zapata, Elise Stolte

Acme, Alta. Population 640 — plus three.

As Calgary's real estate prices edge upward, life in small town Alberta is looking increasingly tempting for the thousands of Ontario residents heading west. Linda Stephens is one of them.

She moved to Acme from Barrie, Ont., with her husband and son last year and is loving it.

Calgary was too expensive. So she found a house here with three times the space she could get in Barrie. Now she's rebuilding her real estate business and runs the rink concession st…

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