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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 c/ y# Q/ L* f8 \0 D# Y
) k) V+ ~/ H$ J. o. p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. q z+ v* A
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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+ h; x8 v+ j; j4 Q b3 Q) YEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.! B3 d7 C3 I0 |1 Y! h& o5 E6 ]
* s- _8 A! u1 z% Q7 D( M' qStatistics 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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4 J7 |; x3 g% FCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.+ ~" P4 Q% l5 r& f% i2 n5 w
/ f6 `, I# A0 F1 jThe 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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( A- @1 p! I; K$ ~! [0 bEdmonton 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.9 T/ i: B# I. ~! I5 E$ K7 ~: q
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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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