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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 ; }; j! [8 [, ^4 j5 E" v
% F' W" r% f8 F% R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。, Y9 I1 M2 U, `% }) p$ u# 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！ - o9 B0 J8 S4 Q: ]$ U4 O+ \
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$ t2 {' e; U6 q4 y* C' hEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.; Q9 ?& U8 o2 ?8 u9 x; \
2 D; Q! o+ ^+ g. I- lStatistics 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 N% }- V+ m, o/ }) n9 I0 E
( M4 c) L& @; C$ l8 L mCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.9 Z3 g4 R4 W4 I( B
( h. l4 U: c9 y" H* VThe 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.& s+ t' l* y, ?- G
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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.! W- ?) Q# w, Q9 T0 _
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"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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