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; f9 k+ s! x7 o( X( x* b2 I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。
- S. P: @# u% h3 e5 z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! 1 f* w2 |: P, Y# Q; t1 W" G# 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.
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: h2 a8 |/ f+ c( B. C; h) 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." I3 ^3 M3 i* i3 K7 a% Z4 t
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.$ F9 r; _. X: y
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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.: I- l$ [+ y0 N: n* Y6 k9 a
- M4 H& t7 }) U+ @5 b; lEdmonton 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.6 s( K# B1 a% d
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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."& t K1 S$ d. B$ z( X1 z- c
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