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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 . R+ ^1 K6 Q+ X; s
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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。. R8 z7 D; k6 N3 O. O3 M$ I
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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0 l: C- I8 I! z: KEdmonton'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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2 y2 Q+ G4 A* ^& e6 [% f) T& SStatistics 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 F5 x/ _# k- d- C$ u" ^
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.& @% q3 I! c# l1 t: j0 Z
" y6 v5 w& c2 o' ^ x7 ZThe 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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0 b; ^5 `$ f7 Q4 S3 w* p6 c3 X" p; _ W- xEdmonton 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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. X4 [4 z2 ^, ?( s"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 O3 K2 | V n% q0 f% M8 o# Q" X
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