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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 ' W7 Q* n/ m$ r h4 ?
# ?) U5 b2 s5 I; T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。% A% F% t, A) A9 U* q
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！ 9 ^3 B' V, d% P6 x2 L5 q
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- B& i3 x; m$ I0 D' K! u( z' kEdmonton'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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# q! @# C$ l( }, _' 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.& U! |. V3 _. M
3 \# u4 f. X- r' {% KCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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9 |& w, I! @; @1 _" j( t7 i* xThe 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.+ b- f: e6 g. j1 m
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Edmonton 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.' I5 J4 n8 k L- N) x
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"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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