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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 3 A4 B4 J2 Z0 s8 n! E! J1 p
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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。
' z7 y/ ]' D2 n1 X. H2 a% x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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9 u8 h0 D6 T) M- Q) yEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.8 i- t( }/ ^9 G! v1 l! R. s
8 {$ ]3 H7 X( o- b, I/ l8 `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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$ ?4 w8 G9 s3 w hCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.% B0 W3 n' k1 r( p: J
- ~( `4 W. Z l3 a# [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.6 d8 M g& m; M4 N5 q
& o2 E# m4 e. ~1 ^: v9 t9 ?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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"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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