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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 # N* b& d) N. m- A) N: 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。% e/ ~# \2 @4 x- L* [; 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! " {3 g, X2 g6 j/ O: i# M7 t/ ~
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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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& e7 i4 x8 z7 J! H6 Y# v4 K5 a7 }9 {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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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.: A" B% Z1 {' j5 j
3 y% ~. [. y, |5 {2 J9 S9 UThe 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./ _/ `3 P: |" ^! b8 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. p5 _( B* v, c# M
3 D) M! e- K6 |$ x% ^"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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