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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 + R2 K* E7 W( J3 [/ E3 u% T/ K
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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。% I& f4 {3 b" Y; b2 v
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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5 j2 u% Q7 V( N9 `. y$ a: e* lEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.# x& S2 Z/ Z a, V: G; J2 j
5 F" W8 Y4 p( y% TStatistics 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.& R* l9 u( K5 E0 V) k' L) K# n* U
; D: C8 F- n5 U9 {$ j% D. ZCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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@+ J* _5 ^# ZThe 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., X3 u9 g B6 u& K3 f7 x4 z1 J
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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." _/ p; |' }1 M" O6 a3 s
6 x+ c& X, r4 a& e% ~0 k V' c"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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