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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 3 ^/ `0 V# V6 z6 V$ @# t
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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。$ H+ |1 K/ \8 g8 D; g: k$ e' H' j
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！ # u _8 m L6 R3 C
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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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3 V& w R( q5 W1 I y9 F& \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.8 I: G- g, W0 V( A4 {5 f, d0 n
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.) {' M: a+ N: `6 z8 e* l$ G- k
" e2 z$ Q5 F9 f: {; C8 _/ V# fThe 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.
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5 ^/ ^' z. w! D5 G1 l"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." V0 J2 N' Y* [, O
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