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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 ' s& f4 b: U7 p$ s7 c# T, r
8 k; v* v, u% u1 ^2 d2 k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。
8 F2 l7 n' i; M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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Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth." G4 _; \4 n! t& x9 c
' e O# k2 k5 X" ^0 j5 I. G2 kStatistics 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.9 J$ ^* V4 c5 _4 s7 i
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.: h1 d: H& Z* ~0 j1 t+ n
, p# {2 W6 k) Q2 _2 vThe 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.2 K0 i* Z8 M" R4 a$ _/ P
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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.
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4 t0 j4 x9 d% r* |- R# X"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.") o" p' D! M" b
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