 鲜花( 695)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑
& Z. F! s" j: p7 W; l- i) Z* h
% Q* C. p% x5 N* h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。- F# G' \) e+ K M/ 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! 1 H; `5 z# y9 k% c
, M9 X& O, }; m" N8 D1 {% C0 W
; \4 b/ G# n) L+ ?0 v; L& Z8 h/ U
Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.
, ^! V2 Z" n, |" D4 l
& |) e4 u# y" f$ t8 [0 t1 C. IStatistics 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.
+ R2 D8 S9 ~& A3 H+ _# k' ^9 j! B' U% B/ {3 j5 I( h9 ~
Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.) F3 W; ~& x& {2 h. q
/ N9 Z; P( q' ]: K3 m T3 ^" M yThe 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.
( c: d/ t8 T& G. k$ ^% e0 @( @" i6 w. | o! r2 b c
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.! d3 q( V3 X$ c' P
6 i7 e, o4 O6 {; \* j# g"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."# U2 S- e1 ]$ E& K/ \+ ^# G
|
|