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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 + g7 J3 ?6 t- }5 T8 i& `) m
, \0 O* c$ f1 B/ l; J2 A: n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。% \. R2 f/ m% M- g1 y0 Z2 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！
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# ^1 u2 w9 N, H# i- xEdmonton'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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1 H4 {2 }9 g. S. gStatistics 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.5 Y- Z# v, q, c- e
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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$ M- s9 A" M# J& [& p# K5 XThe 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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6 \/ s/ K5 x$ _, T/ kEdmonton 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. u8 y! N1 A* y" l% Z& ]- {
7 u! _: t0 D" y0 l"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."$ \9 ^0 y; }9 `
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