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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 / q' _! P" v! P! h
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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。
# Z. J& I' t1 J% b, c3 q! \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! & V* d! M: {9 v( B- @+ U) h: ]/ H
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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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, h& {0 x( }$ _+ W7 \6 QStatistics 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.) K9 z+ g4 `' Y- N. I P+ d
4 I4 Q0 C' } I' H5 D; b) A: w4 CCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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4 z% m8 `0 C, ]8 Y: S8 U2 f$ [9 S1 ^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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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.% v c# w( Z% k% _9 g
# [' E4 j+ n+ v: M"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.", J! T% W3 \+ v. m
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