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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。
' m3 H' f: i6 A- E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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2 L2 A g- S8 ?, FEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.9 d& _. [. `% D$ Y4 C0 Z
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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.4 W& V$ y2 Z' D- [& p" ^ Q9 G& q
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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2 i$ @- i& r+ O8 L6 HThe 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.) l0 w. j e' L8 \6 M" L6 c
. V# [: D5 q4 V, s& 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.0 v( H, q# }! z' P
, B9 C- d3 e) g1 v1 m"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."
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