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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 3 d* R+ l5 `/ c/ ]; H
1 g; L, {/ r, L5 M. b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。3 V. y+ J4 p, u9 l7 Y. W( `, W2 A
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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- C, Y8 C9 T" |! \7 V" n5 _" w! ]Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.8 @3 U! h& ~% S* r5 e% G2 b
8 V) v% Y, q2 |1 X3 ?5 p c+ Y8 CStatistics 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.0 ?; p: r- v, {$ |/ A- o. f d% }
) t, C7 Z" ]! `5 \Canada'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.
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$ M" p4 @9 p- _4 R7 ~9 dEdmonton 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.3 ^* b' P* s: a, s3 u8 b
" x, `; e, ^& R) M$ w( z- X% i"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."" X& x2 t$ b& d3 b
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