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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。6 H% E9 ]0 X0 s# o9 f3 _) J7 V8 q
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! 5 Q @. y/ \7 f7 l+ u
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( P. B$ a5 s( \Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.
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7 F! ]' f- n" ~% BStatistics 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.: n8 \) _9 @0 R: W
; t5 V* Z/ k }1 Z$ NCanada'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.: @0 Y: n7 w& {) ^, j
@( L3 n p4 _' oEdmonton 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.5 G% W7 G) @5 V) r) x$ L7 P
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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."3 y% {& C2 D% e' f! h/ n% e
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