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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 . I7 ]* k/ v) F ~4 ^/ x1 _- {
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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。5 C2 e+ {0 E: M' X4 A
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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: C. ^) y& P2 D6 B3 R8 J$ ?Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.0 }: e! l) s* J: e) M/ h
7 v7 C# o2 ~$ p B9 IStatistics 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.! x# E8 `( j+ l4 J( ~+ z6 ]
# A: k8 M2 O N1 M; m0 j8 jCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.) |, X. Z+ K1 h. L% {
; ]5 [* k$ J# xThe 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.0 C5 g: h' F; ]* A1 [5 k/ Z8 O
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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." v! c$ i7 @: Z, ^
. a0 k6 x; z# |# G"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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