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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 : U N3 @3 I3 x8 F) h, t
/ i4 z1 s1 A9 t! r9 E6 T9 A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。5 v' I- H1 h$ n
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.5 `7 c, ]# B$ G7 {( c: C
! ^2 ]9 O& ]% w% `3 ]' m3 O% qStatistics 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.
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# p; f& w: g/ [ a" \Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.( u9 w9 ?6 T- t
/ R' t( C7 C. u3 } z( O# n7 @/ dThe 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.7 t0 B& V( k% R# b) r; F
& k u4 ^0 X8 j5 B" U" O2 QEdmonton 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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Y5 o# M" V( a# p! Y"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."# C- ]% D* Y* h" w
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