 鲜花( 695)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑
7 t4 b4 W+ j* m& E n
4 b, G( ]/ f/ |3 ^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。
* f3 R& \3 [6 u7 L% k! ]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! : E ?1 t u+ C6 v' G n h
' Y0 b( Y: ^, t
: w* {: v, }( e; I7 r% G+ d/ t& b
Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.; @! c: L- Z6 Z- v1 S7 h! \
3 @ Q) c1 d. U/ h% \ TStatistics 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 O4 g; w: e5 U$ j3 K5 ?
; p( _, o$ H! K& z/ L7 u0 a' u
Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.5 \/ n5 t) H' [4 m* t' C, I
$ n# r1 D" T& VThe 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. k, }& t% J, z( i' t
( m! X) [& F# @ o% y& o' R3 Y' g4 \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.* ~1 I* t# S% C
* c5 H. O% c' F2 Z+ w# {
"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."
) o* S8 W! S' C _3 [" a |
|