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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 9 \4 A F8 H$ Z3 `. I
8 a0 l) N( ?3 F$ o. A. ~/ p _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。
F9 `' s1 F0 e* ]6 @2 F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！ ) y0 Q3 a' y/ K6 u& \6 |
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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.. y/ c) [% `% t! Q0 B) U$ g
3 M b1 {; W' SStatistics 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.2 W$ a8 Q2 `" C, E: g
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Canada'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.! j! x5 l, @0 v: s; \6 c$ j5 s
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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.+ L. ~. F, N, |6 J' \
' N+ ~) x, M, K" ~% x7 t n0 f. h"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."2 _" ~3 v a5 T# F: k' U
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