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{: z$ b( m+ L7 d# `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( k: P6 s3 ^6 F" @2 T% D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!
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( r) l) o+ i9 {Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth. a1 p+ |- q4 m4 k( I6 T
; `3 j! ]0 y9 s# C8 `9 b9 s3 ]6 AStatistics 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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$ L6 K$ s) ~/ f0 e3 y% ICanada'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.# g# j" T& j" a3 p7 e N
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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.4 Q( l% s1 R( k6 F; l/ \3 j
6 [9 z/ b( s, i; Q4 h"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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