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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 5 S% F/ q5 b7 A
) w! m3 b# \ b. m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。
" W3 \$ y7 p7 q% V" [0 l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! & x( q7 N- p, a* |
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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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$ B0 ~/ f4 I- N/ O6 XStatistics 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. c; K8 Q* b4 v( g+ p
2 h% S! K7 ]0 G5 I E, _Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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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.: H- [# \+ H* b& h/ [" c
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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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9 E' j* o& y1 O) w! F* R"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."' @5 I' |6 U( m# `! P! ]" p
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