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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 2 }2 J/ c1 `- G1 o) l, m
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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。
& u# Z- L7 [1 E0 E* f& f! \5 L2 J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! / y0 \0 ~. T* e% B. K" i; }
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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.1 g7 x# W, y" x' j4 F* o! `" B
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Statistics 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.( e' j3 S8 M: ^% H; @
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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) p$ N$ \/ h* |/ p$ y7 ^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.
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' Y2 D. P0 _0 Z) sEdmonton 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.! Q; [& p. f; X0 h/ B3 O' i% @* A
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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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