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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 5 U0 o& N T/ T- x9 h
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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。
2 R. g3 L& ?' z% b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! . X1 X6 W: Y6 r6 S2 Y
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, i' w* o4 a6 T! d: }8 ~Edmonton'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.
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2 L: m: d( x1 s& I1 _5 bCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.# K# G- Q. V' l4 L# L& z4 |
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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.. Q) s. h& \2 |/ a! M: u) X
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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.$ L- O1 U1 ?+ \) o
7 M5 G- ^, N; v5 x. j"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."* u7 [, a* V H: Q2 U! {2 `
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