 鲜花( 695)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑
; ?& w4 N8 t; n0 v( ?& p; q. }' X$ |+ R
5 W4 D$ N$ U! C) f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。3 D/ W4 D! H. A$ G# W; D0 h
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!
! f A# H* p! T8 T: \9 {9 F; E8 D2 E& Q
, ^6 L* d# K; R' C& }9 gEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth." W5 w- N3 K5 E7 t8 ?
: T* j# D4 ]0 X, f; [: yStatistics 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.
- s, Q3 ^' a+ J1 e; a
$ u s5 E: Z8 j6 pCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.% l7 B9 P' Z" p
3 p( i( h" L( ]; k# f! tThe 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.. u( s+ ~( F& u& V8 r7 a8 i
* z2 r0 A' }" G6 S2 L; ?
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.
6 p3 _+ d! c3 L" B6 O4 b2 H+ a1 i r3 r! g- z" k1 A7 | `$ v6 B3 K
"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."& _7 Q# ?- z8 y- j4 T8 S( }2 G
|
|