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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 2 d3 e$ M3 ^; O& N' P* m. b. I
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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。" @( O8 f1 h) r& I# u
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! . ?8 o) N! N7 b( z+ j
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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.9 P4 @" J! s" K) y* t$ @5 k) o- q
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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.
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.! V, j8 g3 a& j5 i. X/ d: v
5 ~9 k% L9 e" o- h9 P; t4 g" ]( a+ 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.& L/ Y# F. [) i4 Y
% I$ \% y5 j( q. _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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% i! e! _- J2 ]0 \4 q6 I"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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