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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 % R. i" M3 h# O) |7 X
9 d( b: R! U, Y6 n* m2 v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。* W2 {- X1 U/ X
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.
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, a: x. ]3 t1 p/ ]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. o2 T! q; f& @: K, @
% ^, k8 J' u& k7 ^7 r& [4 D9 LCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.8 F# f8 p" q0 J# ~- H! k( S1 _
0 ^2 I. I, ]: t& \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.9 P* Z% S! a9 [
8 r3 S, T( L' L' L+ pEdmonton 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., \5 W9 O7 g+ M8 Y- b) j* [) f
0 K) r" M2 d @6 e4 D"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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