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! @* K0 |: T' g$ q- ~1 A: x; {8 A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。4 E+ ]9 C+ i8 P
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! ! v ]# p) b: c2 E P* j6 z6 b
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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 Z* v6 }! z( w. B1 ~! w2 D1 E/ E: `* |
. ~8 L' [3 u! f: i% |/ w3 d) A) oStatistics 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.3 m& z9 M" i6 N( F4 s/ g6 ], y/ z$ o; j9 K
" g! w- L h* f5 ~/ \Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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" ?/ [. X& u+ z( I3 uThe 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.% t' Y# g" o' R" I: _
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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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"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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