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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。
0 o, [; X9 A% d) l9 C+ X1 f- 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! 5 }7 r/ W4 a* ~
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0 N. w$ e) |2 A+ F' u) @0 l" kEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.1 x# B+ g/ u% h* o9 z( P
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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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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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5 R0 {: p. P, x" t" |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.( L0 v/ J& e$ ~! { ~
: v4 B& ^. J' G, L9 iEdmonton 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.5 k# G' W- V/ J' u
2 Z6 b0 F# I1 H0 d. B"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."8 Z: V7 ^2 J+ t( D! P
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