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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 % r% b$ M2 A' @+ S) 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。
' e- W0 S0 L1 L2 m/ }* X- T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！ 6 Y; Z H, ^" k6 Y3 m
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3 f+ Z/ ~' n+ j* `0 j% REdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth." a) a& i9 z3 O- g2 O
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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." `3 d/ O8 }; n v3 v0 D$ W
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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; A) v/ M* N( Z* ]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.1 s$ \) k o6 Z k, k
7 n6 K6 s6 N7 {5 n! K# FEdmonton 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) W) S, @& N2 o4 K
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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."6 z% m2 L6 M6 R+ M" E
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