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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。! V0 z) f$ E" O3 f' R4 v
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! 4 I, x9 _5 K5 r% J4 ~
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- G8 ~* ]. H# f; d8 s# OEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.% T' [9 G. z! C9 J7 ?
! N1 I, ^/ {, Z/ g$ wStatistics 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.; }8 y! C4 }( O+ R) N: X$ V* u- p
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Canada'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.
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% ?$ v% s0 E5 ^, e7 @1 R$ J+ @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.. y5 j8 ?+ z4 X( N; Q4 D% D
7 ^9 d. q' t6 L; k+ p9 j8 R"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."1 A5 u B! B- w" A! a4 I8 j
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