 鲜花( 695)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑
. \+ p4 h, w+ m K" g$ C) F( v
% p( w- }: C/ w) v D! e% V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。
- D O4 `+ ]8 c" i4 b: \7 T/ S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! , @5 u: M, r. d2 g' p6 }$ P) A" V
. h9 R# [) u5 q9 v) ^1 s. b
# G7 `4 h3 J, N6 }1 ~2 c, DEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.
I6 w" N) X' w4 i) i. d2 ^8 d7 F7 P
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.
d3 s/ F1 N8 q) Y
" R0 v6 { a" I" u: l. gCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
: U) } k& I4 u, A4 M3 l+ o* `# k c* V6 R
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.
, k- ]3 _4 m: s% g# _ L! l
3 f1 V+ |& Y5 x- w+ cEdmonton 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.# Y' i1 T$ W# U( G
! y% b8 T/ \. z$ {
"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."1 }0 ?: ?# ^1 Q1 W R
|
|