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v' @; T: u+ x- b& z0 x- k, k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。
- l* B( I9 p& d+ m: |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!
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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." H- M+ S6 @2 \% }
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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.3 a( Y! E' k. J2 A' h) P
/ ^( F& @& p" F! H; K' d: CCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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* F0 u& h7 Y& m3 u l6 [! M4 ?' \8 Z+ oThe 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.6 F1 j- ^( ?5 x# h. L8 c2 z
7 o8 ~) R' x) }) x3 A- E( C6 gEdmonton 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.% I# A$ }) v( k' T6 j
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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."1 W* K$ X9 B9 R3 w9 D+ z# V& z
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