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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 + s+ D& N% X& X6 K7 W
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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。
X, f2 I* i/ L5 z' X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 T$ _! U5 d) I2 I# IEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.7 l3 r6 x0 Y: H) O1 `9 B7 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.& S3 p7 u' y" s7 G* b7 F
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.. O9 l r/ v s( D/ T- U0 n
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The 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.: ?: h0 O4 R6 T3 y0 Y; {1 B9 W
. O& [: c" |8 ?3 J6 T) ?& c1 jEdmonton 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.
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"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."4 G- O0 \& t# L% n( @
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