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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 " `3 C/ V% n2 H$ `8 @3 E8 ]" v
+ h6 x& ~/ {+ R) V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。
7 V# b+ A6 @3 c! K- ?2 n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! ( z/ |* c# N0 b( M7 p; |
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! W" \+ ?1 @& V! G1 dEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.' K+ ?5 M1 C9 e& z" \
/ T6 Y9 ?& l# _7 eStatistics 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 Y$ A8 Y1 \, v" a) Q
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.$ J" Q& m) b, V+ k/ M* V+ r( ?9 g
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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." W9 {/ h/ D% C/ Q3 [* V" L& Z
9 f+ |) J3 m0 GEdmonton 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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"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."
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