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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 / `% F7 ^$ I* ?% F3 o+ D/ f( {
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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。
8 }6 B. c$ z& R6 x) D$ Z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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Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.' \3 X2 x0 r! b" P. d# k4 K
5 G/ C5 V' h9 S) n. a, e8 {* CStatistics 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. d A: J4 P0 P
% p7 |- ?9 `8 Y V# d: oCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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1 ]& G9 X0 o" R. Y$ _9 g1 g$ iThe 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." e* o5 B9 z, D& D
5 E) N, c" _- H# t3 zEdmonton 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.1 s A! X" S* o& e8 u. O
+ Q5 a) P% V& h" y"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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