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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 1 o! D3 e3 s: d6 S4 G& P" d" q% A! ]) ~
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统计表明最近五年(2006-2011)的人口增长率,卡尔加里12.6%,埃德蒙德12.1%,成为全加拿大人口增长最快的两个城市。
9 t: G$ V/ O' E埃德蒙顿2011年人口已达81.2万。这个被我们昵称为屯子的地方,至少得改名叫“大屯子”了!
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, \4 A Y: s+ J1 {* K. y4 V9 ^Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.9 B( c" a9 i4 d+ h
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Statistics Canada reported Wednesday that Alberta's population increased at twice the national average, while results of the 2011 federal census showed the Edmonton area's population grew at a faster rate than any other metro region in Canada from 2006 to 2011, with the exception of Calgary.. I! i% Q3 D( f4 d' Z
1 D( X' z. y/ j T. y. y1 JCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.9 c& M" p, g! H* G2 R
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The capital region - including municipalities such as Beaumont, Spruce Grove and Fort Saskatchewan - grew from slightly more than a million people in 2006 to nearly 1.2 million people in 2011. That's a 12percent increase in the five-year span measured by the census.
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$ u6 a# o' U0 i# X+ o# }3 aEdmonton alone added nearly 82,000 people in that time, bringing the population to 812,200. Originally, the city's chief economist John Rose thought Edmonton might see a slight slowdown from the impressive 9.6-per-cent growth it reported in the 2006 census. Instead, he said, strong job numbers in the past year helped push it to 11.2 per cent.
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2 M- S" q1 V9 D: }$ |: P* Z"What we have here is a very good news story," Rose said. "It suggests the City of Edmonton is no longer just a place you go to for a job, work that job for a few years and then you go on to something else when the boom is over."
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