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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 ( F' z) b5 E! _$ \; }% ]
* V9 _6 }$ A Q( z7 Q5 v7 Q1 \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。
' t$ f j# p1 j6 J- i7 {" Q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! ( X+ o7 w# H+ l
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0 y- Y9 ~/ l! A) N, EEdmonton'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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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.3 M* [5 o1 Y" y3 U; ^1 m
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.8 G9 n: U& [; P5 x8 O- o7 t E4 s' e
" R# U2 n& R; ?. x4 kThe 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.- {5 F; _, ]" k# n1 N" s7 P
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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.& H+ A: K% @8 x
7 u9 ~" F% d/ q% c. T"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."
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