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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。
! Z: H7 k' T! P# j. ]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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* D2 Y! I: l9 G: q4 a, O3 XEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.1 b) I+ J6 x F, g1 H3 Q7 Z' e
/ f4 ~# r: F5 [/ R# EStatistics 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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. c! ]1 F# H" [- O5 MCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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/ q! x$ t; K t) 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.9 e Z! ]+ y( ^% B
8 w% p7 ^3 F+ B: j: v6 mEdmonton 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., U% t/ v! L3 ]! @ N/ [! `
9 w- {) V3 Q* G8 a- I/ ~"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."% h D+ P! s* v/ |# j, ^" n# T# H
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