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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 / q8 T! j0 h! m: o
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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。
% q# \3 n; R$ K4 D! [. G* g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！ ; d6 ]' Q; Q: j: _/ B
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, b& a: M: g- @) S4 JEdmonton'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., K+ |7 a5 O# ?: W
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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1 Y; t3 q8 ?6 h/ A( ` vThe 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.8 o( ?0 K4 d2 M! x
8 [8 u' j( z5 @' p0 _ FEdmonton 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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2 s: b$ ?7 v9 H7 u2 X0 t"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."# y' O) n- ]" }2 n
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