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5 E E( F( K* ^3 P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。0 l: S( `7 `4 W) @2 z/ q
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! & k0 Z1 @" J% c6 e1 d; _! h$ T
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( | g$ |5 d1 P; P& p3 HEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.$ r& [8 p* ?1 j' d8 u
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Statistics 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.+ V/ ?. k& s+ F% S
1 z8 Y/ }* c7 B( ~- p3 F/ S* G9 HCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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6 l/ N6 w, a; n: n, v; J rThe 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.$ {3 L$ ], M3 L6 }* @
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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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+ e5 \1 Z; i9 e/ f l( C, j% T"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."! b( C; a% ^$ s$ S# p6 a- @
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