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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 & F) x7 I Q% ^- V
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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。+ t) ^0 U! @- V' _4 z f3 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！ # c7 R) v- o5 a
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5 _ D5 x& u( V2 t G) X/ n ]7 GEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.+ `8 P6 ^' F" |* B& I
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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.# j4 J3 H5 w7 h( ~- p
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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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.
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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.6 O' C1 M1 F0 |9 R
9 s: v5 D) D4 Q; S+ \6 `"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."+ y* ?8 w% Z$ j
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