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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 . g+ i6 E! E0 H+ Z7 u6 k2 d9 ^; b
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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。1 r3 E' S. z& a) S
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.( g! z" d, \ e1 _* s
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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.5 _: y0 l* S5 q* k8 r
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.# N2 f, O. g) C$ G1 s
0 {% f' }3 O( |8 \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.0 S# J4 q, s. a+ Z' i0 M, r& x
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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.8 ]3 j% d, P# N0 ~% b
" l) \. N, @4 s: F- j, J- s9 ]"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."9 k3 j* K9 |) X- w& N! j& ~
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