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4 F/ M4 f# O* j1 c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。/ s1 N+ w7 p+ f; e6 @) q, k; q* [7 `
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! 4 ]. ~7 O, D/ m& ?/ j* g
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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.
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w" F6 F" s4 J5 s" ZStatistics 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.2 }6 F' f5 b. Z0 j z0 y
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.& r) t1 O0 @3 g" R* u3 R
1 O2 q, Y& _- c/ J9 C1 x. zThe 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., K0 M- y7 @. V6 Q
x+ i' t. o9 u9 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.
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$ V, i- X8 z3 Q9 [% v0 n# \"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."- h; W- a: E2 Z$ Z W$ ?
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