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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 9 U6 q" ]3 f$ Q8 u9 |; O+ {8 V
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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。
0 a4 Q* |% c4 ^3 Y9 u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！ ' B8 z4 k2 `8 x$ p, s- w
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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.0 r/ q" v1 V! _$ G* p
, S6 b6 v0 m8 p4 b3 E/ l3 _+ yStatistics 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.6 s( U. y8 E$ f# x/ N1 d
% [8 ~- X( U" b7 n& KCanada'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.% e7 ^& N) Y; E; x
! R6 m& k' }- x, q2 cEdmonton 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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1 M: G3 Y; r6 d& `' `+ L# 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."
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