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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 $ x4 k$ N; ]" f$ \5 I0 h/ p
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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。- u. y S+ [# a) y0 W7 q+ N* 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！ , L% `& Y* G" C0 F
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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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& U& w6 p: u; q d2 F b0 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.
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" z; S4 y3 W. k; n% B y3 h, |Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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2 f+ @" G; n- J5 ?( \6 U' ]3 MThe 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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3 O, _6 s$ n& \6 u7 nEdmonton 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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; \/ S+ Q) \/ c* R: ^"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 {& \ ]& ?0 J( H( ]" }
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