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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 8 q5 d9 i: W4 E
" C9 [* e: {1 F5 C6 w% r0 B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。5 _4 c: m2 j- t2 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！ 3 M1 ^. Y/ \ `2 x9 F
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2 j' u& Q: N' m7 h# Q& xEdmonton'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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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.. ]1 y( P1 r9 E V
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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, p" t: z7 f( g/ N6 o2 dThe 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.7 X: y4 v ^- @6 g* n7 T
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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.; V5 _3 F( {$ A# ]- T4 S) ^
/ k4 M, H6 \" f4 q7 ^"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."3 ]6 d( G ?' r3 ~8 K$ z
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