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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 + c% C8 L% B/ U- J
1 H# C0 m, `4 C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。- L% N! I) a4 e8 ^ R" R' N4 H9 j9 _
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.. O, S4 A# L; Z$ d( K) @ A4 V
j2 J) |. P0 n. cStatistics 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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8 P8 T' Q- E3 Z0 L2 J# [Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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7 ]$ [# t8 o& Q$ x! _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.2 u0 D4 B$ z9 T3 K/ W: S8 w
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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 P- y4 \# O1 m; |"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."& W8 o3 H/ S- D( p$ l3 w# U R% H+ ^
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