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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 2 e% P; X* h% A+ V& j
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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。
/ V, k1 V, Y/ W* K% F4 H" Q. F, }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! ' m. O# X" i: _" u6 ?- K* d: X
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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.: U ~# T+ m" r: {( T
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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.
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3 | |1 G9 |/ L* oCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011. b5 V4 e5 e: `# N$ m, U
# I5 Y5 M1 E# u8 ~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.9 A+ z3 W2 ]6 O6 I( t+ [ q$ V
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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.
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( p/ R9 d0 p, V' R; a d9 \"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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