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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 4 A0 h6 \+ `) K7 h$ a) W
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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。6 n3 T- j* ^8 u! f s0 d% _
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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; R; W. ^0 J9 ]Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.; x% x/ E8 |* E) M% l! H7 {3 j4 V) R0 S
9 a6 B" h7 Y2 JStatistics 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./ E# N+ C! C; H- {) P
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Canada'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.
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4 Q1 U4 @) U+ |! i, s3 n. lEdmonton 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.5 K ~0 n2 T8 ]& Z
8 I* Q0 S/ ]& E$ w* v"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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