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* M- }# f7 a1 a( G4 ~4 {/ g! 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。1 A# n3 k0 b# F( R- B
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! 6 u r: E, t0 X" c6 k) \
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6 z" M" w& A+ Q) D! W+ t4 ZEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth., }$ ]# e+ e3 ~
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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.& O7 G3 z5 |$ ?; y1 y
+ U9 e! o. n$ U3 }Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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3 h$ o3 E1 s7 q" O4 S4 h9 G$ VThe 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.
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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.! x" [/ K3 m: j3 d5 i
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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."
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