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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑
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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。, @( p" n8 B+ z3 B8 h( x* ?- H# z2 Y
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！ ) a, d- ?% g0 f
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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.* L0 I# a9 X' R- \
$ c3 F+ e; t7 }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./ T$ l% I6 v. A8 Y9 m% k
) [) |# a8 i5 g# BCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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3 p5 y( J; ~0 h1 x3 M" v/ i) l* {The 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.0 ~4 K2 K( f9 s3 Q: R
7 s- Z( K* o4 _+ j2 E; jEdmonton 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."/ B, T5 j7 j: ~% m4 V7 I: p
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