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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。$ t" C0 N) I/ F' B; B k4 y
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!
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! D: b" q( n# C5 A/ [Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.0 J- c$ K1 r+ _) G
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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. s% E& \, Q1 t, l
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.* S8 O7 E/ R& s$ J, U+ Y' W' e
0 n o* E6 ~4 @4 F: E- v# Q( pThe 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.) `1 H8 J9 s1 J- W) k( x+ b
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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, W- _! s
8 s( A8 {, Y7 |7 ]"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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