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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 ! Z6 j4 l5 p; R. t2 F
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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。
# X$ e' g3 R' Z X, N) H8 K; W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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, \) n9 K; d+ j& Y) y; DStatistics 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.6 W5 V. |6 a( U
; k+ `8 W$ K$ _% ]* [( I7 k8 ]Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.- A6 `% e. q1 @, @, J) q9 p
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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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8 a: j/ `1 o/ K6 V: M: P' a! ]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.! Z& E1 F0 r3 z5 V1 T
' m2 V/ [' C4 M3 t6 m( d$ u"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."$ m$ R- T. C* D7 S
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