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9 b, x; ?; _4 ~; L2 ?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。, y. d. l6 N! I. f0 f- [+ c
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! * t4 j7 }6 i- ?; c' p8 Y8 M: X
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6 W, p: w( Z- u q; l5 yEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.8 [: d$ W- j9 b3 H; o
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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.: ?" u) n! I0 u+ [0 ]0 H1 G& a
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.. r. a6 u" p( y. K0 E5 J
' m, m( a3 i" {5 T3 b* aThe 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.( Q; x$ K% n: j4 t" R
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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."% O4 a( _8 i$ k, Y& E9 t& ^$ [
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