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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 8 ?* t" i$ @( A6 e4 {+ k6 s
& t ]4 l; [9 E: J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。! L# Y: ^& U5 I- U" h: P) X6 h
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! / D" R& \0 b& [1 b' z! n Y- S! L
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4 x9 N! K+ }0 X( G9 E% MEdmonton'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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& {! D& W8 a2 y/ A% R; PStatistics 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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n/ r, o/ A0 f# J) T3 o+ R! ?Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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6 @2 Y0 ?8 T+ ^5 T; p+ g1 [0 S* zThe 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.5 n# K* }! M1 ~
# {& Q' m5 C+ u. l+ b3 q+ A& TEdmonton 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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3 ~2 R0 _( ?$ \8 A7 D( s$ 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."7 K- c& N6 F a; M" a$ ?
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