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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 8 K. W2 z5 F7 U% _ x- v8 t
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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。
; G+ ?6 {5 ?, T. Z. u) h- \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！ ' T g: T0 Y s7 O+ T
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" z: }" B) z, L( C' C# sEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.7 I2 T0 E1 i( i: n3 w; @, O
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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.0 l" a/ q5 L) c' k% f
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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0 E4 k0 z8 _8 i$ a' 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.
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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.2 [/ t" B8 z( l6 U F) s
% |6 Q6 l8 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.", C* B8 M$ C' z/ s! U9 l" p) O$ k
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