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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。7 V& A5 \1 c- H
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! " {0 K+ s) W% M0 k& Y. |( v0 [; @
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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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6 w! m+ {+ Z) l4 ?$ J2 r7 p, B& JStatistics 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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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.8 u/ o; s' S0 K1 F* g
) b( q9 F( |" U. C2 O# 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." F9 ~7 O; c* D7 B% g N6 @* T1 B0 P
" m8 c9 ]' f7 C, v2 l- @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./ ^0 b" q" y3 F) T H
; @: Q4 d* \4 l7 D- x"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."$ Q0 c% e6 I% `, P g
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