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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 0 w$ K1 o* w1 T5 }3 v. B
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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。
( W: q7 o7 D2 K3 g2 r2 z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.. r1 H! f( \7 f# M# p( [
! P% d Z1 a. ]* 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.4 O/ E" X& x( U
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.4 b! O$ W( o2 _6 {" p
9 a& @$ ?& t* K( \ q: ?2 I0 m PThe 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.$ {+ ?3 S, } g7 z) R/ ~
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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.) c' G1 `5 v5 i7 Z# H
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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."# U+ R2 }) K) z Y% V
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