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3 \4 B& p. u( S' L& `3 N, L) u: ^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。' O2 y' [/ r+ s# S1 G7 Y' N
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! 3 v3 L7 O1 u! [; t5 q( W
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9 C+ P0 J; S3 Q3 {9 m/ IEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.3 g# i; I- O" d" [" ~. Q* e
7 T c' | u3 d( P$ 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., e; k1 Z, W, w& e
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.; i! q3 Z0 R& r; R0 i
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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.
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& a, p" r, @ O, |! rEdmonton 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.! H7 M* R5 e- _' p, U
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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."- y' y# T6 D. V$ b. X" s# L4 M# K. r
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