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( X1 l3 G# x, k9 {/ b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。8 k+ ?1 h$ j# P2 a
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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3 e. n( z8 O" B( u0 b5 f. u! K5 j DEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.* ]. F b! B9 C8 B @: q
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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.
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; w1 X2 Z2 X1 c; @# p5 DCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.; Y, v) h! a. F# q" M6 O
8 v1 h6 w1 C6 s# P; Q' G& hThe 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.3 s+ B* i5 T/ S+ G d5 _8 h
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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.# Q* A. X5 A. Z2 J+ P
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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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