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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 ; O% _' P& ~; _& g( y4 j6 z
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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。( Z; T) ~( x6 T, M! R
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! 5 x6 h! P- v0 `1 K4 M8 z" N
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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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. ~2 \2 a1 Q7 ~5 kStatistics 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. [& w' {5 ]9 h2 R
u$ Q2 [4 }. `: c" jCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.- f/ V2 X3 c% ?7 w
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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.
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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.; V+ v3 i m9 e* d# \
6 g G7 x' L+ ?' v, j* w"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."7 ^* j( W( T. D. ~2 Z1 D3 e
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