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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。
0 W, S- ~, E8 z( @1 I, _9 W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! + o; X* C) I- `! F6 e! _- a- r8 F% h/ I
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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.. q. w4 D0 j6 V4 u. o5 S# W
( Z. z: A6 W+ \6 xStatistics 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.+ N0 u# c* @) n6 n* H
( g% P, n4 I& ^* b, G+ N8 zCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.1 ]0 _' d8 b9 T" N
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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.+ ^/ R. }4 i& t4 H' b
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Edmonton 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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"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."& V% M7 r' J8 \, T2 g/ a
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