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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 " q* L2 D4 p T7 ?* r5 _) Y
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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。6 k3 R% q2 G" Y8 V1 a- d C
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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. `/ F9 y$ V# w4 xEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.. L, V8 k: }% ~; s
8 X( U4 @ C+ @2 V9 K' W' pStatistics 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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) m7 K4 a- H6 s2 fCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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% ~: P" M& V+ _: G! 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.
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7 P# L6 t1 R; n* [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. s( E* K. p* U! O0 K; R& q
! H! P/ |' G1 D9 U- r/ C"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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