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0 \0 {0 n( n: {; S: _+ x% C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。* u0 c4 G# k/ [* T0 Q
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! ) k' T! L( K5 A K, w
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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.8 y4 w1 b% K3 U3 j3 d7 P4 D, s
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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.
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( P E# f" ]# R ^Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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" N4 f0 z. ?2 t7 dThe 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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7 v& b5 @3 t" n6 A( fEdmonton 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.* a2 s" y$ ^: F2 }! b
: m2 C# B2 t5 g9 d6 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."$ b+ i# t8 {& h3 Z& h& ~
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