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4 N3 B) K9 p6 f5 J% |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。
9 O) ~- C6 y& @1 V" X! g" C, r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! / B+ D; T; U" T% x. M7 j5 J; t# _
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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.6 N$ r- f, X: M E* ~- F
( p9 q$ g" }* P% w( w# R$ N, T, mStatistics 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 n, q5 S( r# @
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.0 z% M( `0 Q' r F7 y; o1 ?; k
) K( C: a H0 p- H7 _( M0 ^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 ^5 R. L/ w) j+ V
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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.9 C) o% M# I+ J. {% f2 m
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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."- E) a2 k3 ^6 g* A6 y/ p6 T
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