 鲜花( 695)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 7 p: F9 F% d7 U7 ~4 S+ j* h5 t W
; t1 |; |! o2 t4 H7 w# E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。
4 C8 ?2 N4 C7 d" |! i6 o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!
1 I$ [! b2 _, Y9 m/ j( ], W3 f9 j/ k8 b2 ^" F$ _
0 \( Q1 [# S3 U; o
Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.7 {$ b; q$ g/ p2 A' Y8 k2 I: d# a
* A" K7 [" K+ N' w/ H9 Y9 hStatistics 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.6 l, F1 k8 c! Z8 d7 M c
6 M% u4 O2 R6 k; D& F+ a$ a' Y' T1 P
Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
- @( n# Y% G9 U/ H+ s. ?% x8 J; s; M+ c6 X
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.
4 Z; T* R3 _) A, w0 _7 s! H2 \4 O
9 A% W X9 B- ` {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., ^* c( i8 I# c% d) S. g3 `' n
% ]+ ^& n( |4 ~0 Q
"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."
0 ]+ y5 Z5 w& D& Q9 a; r |
|