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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 9 P. s- `$ W1 }- n2 T4 S! L
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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/ @8 h# T( J. s! q0 [
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!
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8 a5 [8 R9 j% N. M7 VEdmonton'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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) X9 x# v) z! `4 WStatistics 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./ o. i- X: W6 g4 I3 Z8 e
; I0 r5 O! ^& ?3 X+ L$ b9 n- PCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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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.; b5 I) [3 S) I( g
8 | H5 Y8 z$ i7 i) bEdmonton 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.3 ?/ Q$ y+ r9 J# q! r
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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.". p; \) y% }( X
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