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( \( L, t& x B7 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。
- ` q! A3 r* W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! 4 @+ Q$ M3 v: V) r6 D) n
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5 T* T+ L( G5 X+ L2 `Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.5 K! S; Z* j* r7 ]: ^( [+ B
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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.4 F" e* X+ ?( m
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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3 y+ [; G! y4 z4 U0 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.. U# \8 C" i1 l# Z. C5 n! W0 L3 E
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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.
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- ^) W( F! a, U# { r"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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