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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 8 J0 N1 J& V* J+ X {
% T. r) H0 Y. A% s# t- Z$ L2 o9 r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。8 `/ i5 ]$ U z+ }& W! V
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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8 I1 o5 H# C, \% o: ?6 u( XEdmonton'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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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.1 `# _, u, v5 K$ w+ T0 F
. y3 f) P/ a5 Z, t: vCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.1 b d+ q, H+ a' f2 I, ^2 b( \. [
( a2 C9 _7 r, e1 nThe 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.
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& }! O/ e* ~& o, [8 V" N"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.". b3 w- `4 |0 i3 k% }5 U
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