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$ B0 [' ]7 g) }. w+ 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 p4 W. p0 S8 ?
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! ' Q$ g9 {( N1 }6 g% u, k( S. J
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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.5 d6 @) E" j* F: ~9 Z0 k2 j
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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.% r0 ~( _7 Y3 b1 d
5 r+ X2 y' B# v6 j) i# L$ T: \Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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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.$ s; h* f! Z! L
8 V7 x% I0 ^9 HEdmonton 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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) f4 j3 H* q4 D: \: b4 [2 q, x"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."! G' I: c- ~# T
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