 鲜花( 695)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 ) }2 L+ U% q; S, v: n0 G
! q/ N! ~ o! G5 w& E# {, v i
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。: E1 b- f/ u, ^! V/ b
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！ ; Y: @! N; E5 `% z' R
" n4 Q3 x! X% i- ]
5 s8 y2 _* Y) xEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.& z2 y: S, s$ b( a, L+ T- _8 {
6 L; o5 @. ^2 I" e6 d. w$ k4 B$ ^: PStatistics 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.
. i3 b1 A. m0 z; i7 y
- ^6 [4 E! F, p7 g1 tCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
6 |& V# V0 |- }' s N, z
( y" z' [" S5 XThe 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.
; U; h) ?$ F# J
( g* W$ \9 i" {" \0 x2 XEdmonton 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.1 w6 q$ v( c: M. Y8 }
& o' _0 P8 T% p7 h- a7 z& ]
"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."' b" A- x; o4 x$ ~3 v
|
|
狗仔卡
发表于 2012-2-9 21:28
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
楼主