 鲜花( 695)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 " ]6 d, Q- E' d1 i8 m, t
5 x) N# n8 |7 c6 X1 }" 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。" \4 r: v( T% t/ L7 O
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! # b. }6 q, `( {( y1 n- C8 Y% S7 J
t+ y, x. ?. r
5 }: U7 V; i, IEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.
2 m% Y) |" D2 B5 Z" H
% T: B9 E: R6 S6 ~: oStatistics 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.5 f+ t( F% v \ \% ]
# B. g* t' V! i; D
Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.+ A* u4 b% ^& i( J6 _
! d2 w# F' q8 G0 v1 m# OThe 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.
3 m. I* u- g X6 z9 a: U0 J( l9 V7 n: H' H3 ~5 T6 w
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.
% a; e0 A X0 {. B3 q* K8 a U P$ E$ |
"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."6 O( u$ l& R7 I9 x3 ]9 M
|
|