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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 * Z$ A I/ {6 u: {9 X9 ]5 e
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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。
- @! H1 P, t3 T1 q9 D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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Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.
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* M. z. A* }* ?/ EStatistics 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.
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' I9 K& D3 m( C/ E1 l. ?Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011. i4 G' m# N- G: |5 @% [8 y
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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.' V8 D( h" ~+ i4 n
2 x2 F9 f: w6 OEdmonton 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.& m7 w3 e0 m% L2 r _
- L/ H& R/ _) C8 }7 w8 n5 b$ B"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."; ^) v. R3 B# V4 i3 i
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