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1 }" p1 T" Y3 @2 A, B+ p: x7 s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。
% g$ _6 H0 Q9 l9 W$ ~! W6 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! $ v! U! j0 J6 i4 ^* u
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8 [+ a+ e% N0 F. [4 [8 i+ f! MEdmonton'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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8 c* e* _: D2 ~0 A$ A* LStatistics 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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, J: u3 c# \8 D; l" s5 VCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.1 s& S/ k3 d; n6 y4 Z/ ^- O& ?
+ W5 u& ~3 P9 u: E* T) z! Y3 ]7 ~7 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.3 J1 E' ~& x }* y" C
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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.$ y/ Y+ V9 o/ j, a3 @+ U
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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."
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