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2 O3 a9 ?" N' N0 C6 [8 e9 Q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。 ?& `% O" W2 o7 Q6 n, N* b$ h+ t
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! - [( M5 }8 F0 z! Y# v" V, l
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7 T2 u$ ?/ |, H6 E! jEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.% I- j# P# [! r9 ~% W s, {$ ?
' R) [, u* U {" ?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.1 F! U- X4 K. d; x. M
# a$ C2 g& ], y. `5 m9 fCanada'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.8 u1 ^1 u. D( ?' n
6 _5 Y: y8 I/ C4 u! U; \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.- \$ t9 E) {- J" C
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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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