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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 ' q. {4 l2 |/ z5 U" Q5 M
& n$ W' k$ f& h$ A5 j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。* N1 M/ ~, }" v6 O, m% Z" p
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.
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8 a$ h: e% F/ v! L0 l5 k% j( \' [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.0 T" h. ^# b6 c# n0 @6 ^) U
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.5 t# G0 c) k- V7 @3 L8 {( J
2 j; [9 e% k. S$ ^% E; b8 T8 QThe 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.# K2 q7 E* z' u8 f5 N
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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.
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"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."" q& W0 X% |1 Q- ~$ T
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