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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 , g( b; ?2 I8 [" M4 I1 U
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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。
! ] S" g9 `' f) W* J# x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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" g& H$ ]9 j7 W/ HEdmonton'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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! X: P; A# E4 d; B$ R, \ r7 U' yStatistics 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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% j2 ?6 w2 [6 E' k2 K) t: dCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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6 n' \: `; q4 C6 _# XThe 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.
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- i; N0 \/ F% L0 F7 D7 lEdmonton 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.4 q* c0 A7 e- Y! `/ m, u+ A+ N
6 O- R7 N- I. }8 e3 f. 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."
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