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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 8 r' H" P6 C7 x4 k# E* j
& n( O1 a) f7 b+ J5 {" O2 }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。
& e" Z) T: c! ^, s: f& ~# M- A* w5 g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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Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.* ?! D9 n& l- @+ a; M
. r8 Z8 b) h7 y- `6 v, gStatistics 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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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.5 I+ b3 w* h( O1 j
6 E7 n8 u6 s& M, r9 CThe 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.2 t. k8 ^, {6 x2 U5 c {
' K2 h2 ?7 a$ |+ |1 tEdmonton 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.+ p3 @: e, o5 T& P4 `+ G
+ d( g, d) T7 A; h' 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."/ F7 }( A9 t) W6 R/ ^% F5 {
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