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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。
: X' X# N: v7 P8 @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! ! U3 ?4 Q) i/ c- j) L9 f- u
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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.3 ~2 i( f5 t0 L6 C; C% I/ \3 J
5 R9 \5 F' T- M4 e* w$ R# \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.5 M% p9 t/ `; M9 S! @
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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+ o9 H$ O; R0 B: e7 FThe 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.' K u4 W" ^3 u% ? g8 b
& Q C/ v' \5 i1 f, GEdmonton 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.; `$ N# p# H, t4 I: O4 p1 G
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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."4 h" P% L: ?0 ?
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