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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 " f" b' k* |$ J+ Y/ }
4 [ a7 x( `- N" T: i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。
% Y7 D& H2 h% ~, |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！ 4 u! R& O( k- q p% S4 p
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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.0 T5 S2 @ p1 c, j" a
5 g" p9 o( A! S& X& eStatistics 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. A& |& p+ s( D( b
7 f. l) I) Q. z, x; K9 C1 GCanada'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.! V% y+ }* y% i0 o7 r, o6 c
7 x a4 K; `2 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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, s9 P! h7 J/ N; z" r6 p"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."$ X7 L- k4 b8 ^9 D
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