 鲜花( 695)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑
+ ]* t H/ V* G. s2 ~- _4 n5 G$ p2 p5 z& c
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。/ g9 B3 a+ P' U1 G( N' c2 Q: [8 I
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! 9 t6 I) G% N6 [ k' _" T: o5 X
% A5 Q; W* A1 F
/ l/ J, n- U. Q4 c1 J, X
Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth., o- a/ R) y$ I f, M" a9 z2 w& ^. r
* E- y4 V2 l$ F7 q5 l
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.
) Z; G" G! b% l7 b V: t2 `( i* ^
! [9 c8 b5 k. {3 u' lCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
& R9 B! w% {% l5 T" G, `; m7 J- Q$ ~# m5 n
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.' D. m8 ~3 y. U$ s! j$ g) |) _! v
( I1 I7 X: K4 t0 G) e& N% MEdmonton 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.
# ~ `! G& i8 D* G
9 \9 {/ q6 z# W3 \7 Y"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."" C; [4 g6 a: g
|
|