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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 4 }4 O5 H" ? N& N! P9 R: H( r7 g
, L8 t& k. p) E% p' E) p$ J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。
- d0 I3 ?6 J9 ]3 \/ z/ q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.
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# R% `6 P& i9 Y9 Y4 m4 V, U" f' gStatistics 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.3 j' B% s4 i# T; N
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.# v; u! n; b2 j& m- B
8 D4 u7 y' V0 K3 Q RThe 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.
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8 _/ k% c B( W- Y$ [' w1 _' 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."& K. r" R" k# d* M) m
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