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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。6 ~+ g- ]8 S7 T9 j$ _7 L# I
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" z( Y E8 \" t3 R4 c
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% ^/ W* b, c! k$ o& EEdmonton'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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: d) r/ R" v6 {+ R9 ^% o5 F2 IStatistics 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.# Y9 B6 Q7 a) F
$ A! I% \3 F8 j$ U8 xCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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+ V3 _# I( M$ FThe 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.( s& m+ @, Z+ ?& \( C
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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.
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3 j, m; i* Y- _7 ?' v1 K! U$ x% f7 N"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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