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" K% I0 b' m8 f: {5 x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。
' q5 o0 J( d' l% b4 U. 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! * w% u8 j% }% w' C3 B
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/ l6 \8 W3 q. ~( L0 C. AEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth., T/ A8 |# v5 t! Y" _4 r
H6 _; R% D9 b6 tStatistics 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.7 u% h }% W$ q7 Y; L5 i
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.9 A- f* I* b I
9 r# E3 n0 d/ K2 x. D. {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.- v( W: W8 }1 \! y) w
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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.5 P6 A" v) R( |# j+ ~
3 v2 m+ N9 N ^) I"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."! s0 r$ r, m N/ S
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