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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 * u4 L$ q8 _0 T- \2 V; s. w
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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# J9 ?$ M/ z4 |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！ 1 h4 I3 s9 r- K$ P" k
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$ L& F' M0 ]$ l2 Z' E+ k- i4 rEdmonton'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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$ Y$ f6 o" L+ n, O6 @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.6 t; f0 R* B! s, t: I
0 ~! v" x' x0 ICanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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0 M7 d) i1 |0 `) \2 G& l& }. cThe 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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% O$ h$ D& o. gEdmonton 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./ h2 ?, F5 [3 ?5 y d
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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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