 鲜花( 695)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑
9 B5 `+ ~/ j& L) @2 O5 G& {+ q+ W u+ T9 p; S
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。
6 a* h$ D7 d! } n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!
+ R- G* b/ t% e9 o* X* F% j7 w+ l
8 d. i/ z. {+ O
: t' R6 C0 R9 C9 t( W! w- v7 FEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.
P# V1 c/ S: v& m; I; V/ q5 k9 P: x1 ?; h/ s4 ^) T, h3 k7 k
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.
. [, V/ g4 Y# u1 h- X7 n8 A8 m$ g
5 w# P8 {/ K+ ^$ ~' o2 ZCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.$ U- d4 [/ X$ J
5 m# M8 [, F0 E* R; e2 B; }+ 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 W7 q, L+ [- u% v: r" \" V
+ m3 @% Y9 z3 W' J" t1 W
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.
" n1 j4 `0 F# u; c) N1 [9 _* {) a, |
) w5 O1 w0 [: p. @* S" E, x"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."1 b; q r# b/ j6 t' y- {4 X- [
|
|