 鲜花( 695)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 5 i2 n1 B+ C5 [* Q S, S
; r9 X4 e5 X5 l' O
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 z' t" n# ]8 }+ F' f
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!
& a" F( x8 g/ x, V3 W# A# D' A4 J. l
+ t3 r0 Z- T9 q& k
Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.$ b5 p5 d \9 m
$ j. E& A( }- ~7 Y* u! B: ^
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.
0 ?1 T6 G$ W, v: W; c A. v. u! }+ ]; I+ F2 S
Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011. D" a& f( M5 V( n$ {9 E7 A
$ f1 O: w. P) f G/ ^2 h. O% X7 LThe 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.
6 `9 Q2 r5 e6 r* B$ O, f! l3 _& w
( `, `0 y+ R. L7 h( x# 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.
& D9 b* k" d# F6 Z! o( L
7 J* C5 @2 I* {8 }"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."
* W1 j# b1 {! m/ z0 Q |
|