 鲜花( 695)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 5 O3 ~! G: g7 k$ D6 [* n
1 \' J3 c8 u& E* F8 t$ @( ?
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。
* D5 o. L7 N# ]: s9 o# [+ n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!
, c5 c6 P" C7 g0 D+ e5 ?7 _" e6 J6 r% ^* K0 l
0 n) ]9 h! C1 e6 O8 j, A
Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.
! x1 m! Q# k( u* N, r% e, s9 E+ r# ^! [* i. z8 H ^+ R
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.; N# k; W- F; |
; A* U! a' ^( a0 K' z1 C% C
Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
q5 V- ?1 u8 V
! k2 q: ^+ Y* C, D5 kThe 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." u, Z1 q" L9 b
; [& z! l5 m( P9 b: A
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.$ ?3 U, y! ?0 g U! l4 \; P
. U9 K5 R3 `* T+ f2 f7 P- l+ x6 f1 i: [- K
"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."
" R! d% r, O8 y- @ |
|