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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 3 b2 i6 J8 z3 n9 u: H; E% @3 j
& O# x2 \: e0 s5 y6 R3 N5 M! Z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。! N, I: M7 D6 U( |& Z( M6 _4 S# e
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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Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.' W% T. [% Y: t& e- L
/ H" b/ p7 Q8 W% l4 l/ _/ 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.1 f6 ~2 K3 H! p2 O
q, Q1 }! w" L' ]4 g' `Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.) u. _' p2 C% d2 @
: _( r5 r9 D) R1 h4 a7 l) h: |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.
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- x; D- h2 `/ y5 ?' CEdmonton 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."
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