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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 9 b* | i& W' |- ?6 M% ^* a& A1 [
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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。7 U# L; P( H, T0 z5 ]
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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$ s# R% _" Z; C- N+ OEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.* V; L6 Z) @1 |$ `' k1 r. h6 {
2 s2 @, ^& U* p0 l6 zStatistics 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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* E* }# E: Q- h4 r, o* qCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.( {9 h* k* f8 V- L
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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.* }2 w, Q! K& {# f. ?
5 x0 {: [ n7 B# o$ X3 T# ~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.! S6 m; M; w+ q* N) i# _1 [5 j! r
( d. ~% h h$ Z. B- z$ ~8 K. G9 `"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."& ]$ Q; V, N5 M; o% O
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