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l( o& [# T2 I: Y% \& v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。& [; q% h# w& i$ h0 j
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! 7 x# f; U! W6 f. N$ d4 Y
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Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.6 r0 R* |) s9 D& }5 X/ d5 f$ _
9 b2 A7 H3 ?+ q- z, w* x/ hStatistics 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.; D1 j( f& L' U
/ Q% _/ K* I$ C" |( W0 w UCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.* D, v7 Y4 x$ f/ u' d+ M2 P" n
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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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. B) f! l% x) ?- G* g: zEdmonton 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./ y) M( O2 D2 r( m9 }6 X
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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."" V0 L# w. f1 z3 `" D6 T- j8 X- H
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