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; e# N. h h$ i4 A! ^1 m3 L( w B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。
( U. E* @, E0 x2 U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 s* x/ b9 ]5 }( y6 t2 ]8 B) l/ Q
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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. `: T, Z/ {8 v
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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.! O# F; x M3 r: T- \2 s
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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% \8 _# G' r( [1 D: bThe 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 O& Z" S; z. f
8 b$ S6 S' E" ?$ r3 }9 JEdmonton 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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) A( M' l) n. E6 N2 N$ v9 G"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."4 F$ y. W4 a" B6 B0 e
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