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, W E# J7 p; H/ L) L3 Z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。
! {/ X ?: B. ?& u! [) q# x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! # B W& ~# }" z# {- ^3 O
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4 o& w3 P& o) e$ g6 u$ `1 QEdmonton'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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6 O2 V. r* G: |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.
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.9 G- f H+ r3 M* t. Y
# p6 W! o! k9 m p' Z/ w7 N; jThe 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., x7 G8 u: {3 S' K$ [
9 K; U( E% d- {8 M" 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.4 u) @4 B+ R3 x I C
7 X- ~, V: r. k6 Q"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.") q. L$ n/ l: c2 z" N
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