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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 0 `" `2 [& n$ n# z
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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。- D, j; w' I, L( \6 {( X
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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" ]" X, W- y) _8 I: P7 LEdmonton'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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2 d2 y% V0 o0 Z* z2 T+ h7 XStatistics 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.4 y- b+ ~2 v0 O7 q8 N" e
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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3 F/ X. G$ a D' `0 t0 LThe 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.7 B: _& Y' r& A* k0 k5 C3 n1 Z
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Edmonton 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.% r" o+ I& {: e8 i w, L
: }- M6 D( k) R$ `( {' ?& t% T0 F"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."3 n7 v+ d( `% |& z- B2 h
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