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0 T" L3 w# G5 `( i7 C, L, M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。
, l7 Q- K8 ~' N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! & g4 G; P1 x& t$ K
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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.
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$ A3 ~( a8 f/ c# wStatistics 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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" |4 D2 B. r* x- P9 ~Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.6 s4 [* p8 p' v6 m4 ], e4 r
3 o8 j9 [( Q" M2 J" Q: zThe 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.% y& }* e/ O! A% J1 j4 A
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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.! E( K6 d* f5 P6 \) [2 b! V
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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."6 s$ F" ]7 ^/ Y- l) A( X
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