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! A& m3 n8 o6 p/ a# C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。
* H" D. [' F/ ^) ~4 ]% t. r, d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! ( B6 C' @% B, _$ 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.+ v! ?7 @# S2 P% ^% ~7 p
* F; G' f0 c3 l9 a# }3 z% }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 z1 ^* Q/ @- A% j; c% w
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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4 T8 Z; _3 f1 E" f) AThe 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.# B7 H2 I4 d. D6 |. W( p
9 }$ y1 a8 g* J+ ~/ U: U8 ZEdmonton 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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"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."* T) e W8 R, J' E2 H3 h" z' A, C
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