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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 ! `6 B: d" K6 A# V) l2 e
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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。
7 R: i) m* h2 R3 A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！ & C, t& `+ w6 l/ @7 ^
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" J- n2 U1 ]9 B o$ s6 f- m, NEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.9 a" z. h7 h1 E4 v1 _, Q
, ~: i+ d4 n( R7 ~$ }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.' U0 j! r9 c9 V1 Y( `4 k
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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7 [. W2 c; N& `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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' ~: u; x ^: fEdmonton 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.; k: e& b; v. r+ s8 n6 }9 y, m
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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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