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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 & R6 h! R' O) s) C" n# 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。
! U2 V! ~2 y* N5 \! j- ]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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2 H, t/ M$ l( CEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.! J/ g" @5 `' M2 M
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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.0 _" T7 J+ o) ]
2 @' ?4 l% C+ l0 Q0 n' A$ eCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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/ h0 t) Q( J2 O+ M: fThe 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.8 p1 h# F+ _. V i
2 g" e; a7 x1 w _" CEdmonton 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.; y% r$ B2 n" P
; F8 [' N6 H$ ]- ?3 H" o. ?"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."* O/ B& k5 d4 Q8 C1 m
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