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1 Q0 P' h9 `+ y* L" x: l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。
' }+ B" M7 } K4 w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!
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7 a+ v7 Z5 G0 W) ~4 R: \; _Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.% z. c& D( s4 \1 o: P* S
% f% o$ r7 l0 \ d* m. h9 JStatistics 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.: Z8 Z/ D, D* z) S
1 v( S, {3 H1 ?Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.0 }+ k7 l+ D& t6 z( f. {% [& K
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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.
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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.% D T* n, F7 x
8 B8 z/ W$ Z" x7 Z: ]/ H"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."/ Y; K) l6 A. _- m, y
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