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( z. A0 O5 ?) P; I0 b, P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。
8 x- k K- F5 {# F; g5 B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! 5 b1 C0 S- u( P8 Y
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, O& e( P. r% GEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.- F* b5 R5 H/ r
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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 H" d& w* t' ?6 V
7 S6 C% J+ t7 I" |7 M& I: rCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.9 G7 v* o2 u( ^; Z
5 T5 w4 [# j7 q8 I* y1 cThe 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.: p& p, u$ `. N& e! Z) p
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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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"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.": y& s( B3 H8 Z c+ [
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