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9 u, X, U1 _% L/ u1 Q6 ^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。
* n& p5 Q+ P7 `7 c 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! . c3 ]8 i1 @6 A) j0 ~
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6 ?! W+ s/ v, O) p' D& r( vEdmonton'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. g- j6 e0 c7 c0 f; ]8 N2 \% {6 lStatistics 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.+ e3 _1 x/ Y, G! |4 [1 S
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.% G+ p& L4 E* D
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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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$ p, |8 k- K! kEdmonton 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.( W: R2 B# H2 y; W
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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."5 h, L, Q+ R' o$ d% [
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