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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 / j6 {3 C7 y0 R9 b6 Q) G: _" X
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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。
- A6 T, @: g6 _/ D0 ~: {: F) l+ O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! 2 x8 |4 [: p. @$ H
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! c: g) r5 x6 X6 h9 l7 }" s G# @Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.: g, v: W8 F/ j. i
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Statistics 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.4 ~! Y" c" A) P0 n* _; ]9 {3 L
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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' i8 J: @* B7 y) _* b8 z9 [% S+ E0 GThe 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.+ T* o- ?" a* K" Z3 B0 m
# k+ }: T1 `4 S% U8 D2 ~6 ?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.
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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."4 I; Y: `4 X# ~6 L8 ]
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