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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 ! p& O/ |& {; f$ K" H7 i
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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。) B$ G5 f2 r5 p
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! ( i/ i7 \8 x; r
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Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.. p: {/ {( c, G+ f* R
/ }" @% A+ X) xStatistics 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.7 J1 O9 Q* l# |0 Z4 l& p/ ?3 T
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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! ?+ s( m5 _( ?5 GThe 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.5 x3 C1 u8 [' z m9 T& i
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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.+ j! a: b, E& [/ o
1 B* o6 `) J) S# }5 Z0 Y"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."" H+ M) L6 t. y9 n
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