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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 3 x% ^5 f2 H- u" }6 B! Y/ g8 w
8 T9 K+ _, r$ H& A# z3 g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。
5 T3 K, _# s8 E! g' n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！ ' ]1 ^! T7 o: | W
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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.
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+ G9 G3 _' u7 i x# e TStatistics 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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% R1 l7 |$ c! l: w- J4 xCanada'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.3 K; x2 D+ D5 f& l5 N" C6 q
$ h, n8 \9 o. cEdmonton 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.$ W3 o9 |0 N- G2 {& O# s
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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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