 鲜花( 695)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 % `. I1 y; P% u& i& [
, s! f( s5 \6 E6 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。2 W& Y, \( t7 q* X; X3 U
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!
! {( E7 l6 _ D8 Z! _! w) {1 W$ L0 E o8 T1 ~$ o$ q8 D
# U) p) A' l4 i' ~/ f9 Y
Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.
& v* R: [1 L/ S; R$ K+ C' v s3 r
; y! F$ W+ Y0 X8 q7 w+ ~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.: l" L- p$ f0 }4 G \" D8 k( _
* A6 m/ p+ E( ?8 ^5 U- e
Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.: m0 b. |) P& \- _
" b8 _' |4 ]0 d+ C% b1 K0 o
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.2 g$ V: |) j. p7 l9 h
$ Q& A7 F' c( q( f! }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.7 j7 g8 Y( t7 D' V# b1 |
2 ?' k: ~( S- |- ?; R4 A0 I K4 c* k: G"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 A" [' k$ k( N1 I |
|