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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。
k+ Z" V7 K% m0 v/ R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! $ P9 b J; j2 X. v( j
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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.1 Y) [1 d! `( @9 q0 T
6 W R- [. d8 KStatistics 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.
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! S2 k# l9 w, |7 w! x r; l4 V4 SCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.+ e, b" T- n) a; V8 J. v
$ Z8 l8 L; G- S8 D8 K( x/ y) z$ GThe 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.2 b2 A7 j3 P5 F5 c6 O* T
1 t. F( p2 ~* G4 Q! c* {" qEdmonton 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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, N* n* o2 c! m# l3 C6 Q"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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