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9 Q2 V. G. t% ]' |; s3 W. `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。
' I% P% g' U5 W! L7 ]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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# d0 B" F3 H, ?Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.
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6 Y1 t& M2 Y N4 GStatistics 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.* J |" A6 c' c5 Q, `" U' ]
3 N+ i* N0 N, R8 G( v" A5 h% `. ^Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.! J8 y( C3 ?) }6 o4 f5 K1 e Q. t
: j5 t2 j5 q) G! ?8 d6 D( 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.2 {$ d7 F, P3 h5 l& a
$ X0 W! X: j; _; A+ W4 ZEdmonton 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."5 t; \7 a4 l. I" i5 N+ Y9 u
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