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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 # @# A3 M/ P. H6 E+ R% a: k9 L7 d
9 J8 m3 x( J6 v. ?5 L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 _; c6 t& A* m- S8 P
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！ 5 \0 T! [2 [* @. m9 k: ^6 `6 T
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. s |; P# o$ C/ a& Z; p3 {Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.
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0 Y8 J2 u( H8 z3 q. w8 WStatistics 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./ L- ^1 ~, H1 e9 w( {' e( u c, b
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.% h( x3 g. y2 |1 j5 e( ^/ |
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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.- S, d M. N7 i; Q0 U
/ Q+ x# \' v0 [; e% EEdmonton 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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# x, r8 {: n# }1 a, y; m"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."# F4 b$ \2 _: O2 U
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