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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。 B1 w7 \6 x5 |4 {" \' m' F
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! V7 E, ?: |4 y+ }$ C/ b
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( ^1 g! m) E! u1 K: p8 zEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.4 i+ ]7 d* p d
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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.
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.+ Q. U, h: x. y. a0 T* t
2 s+ L% m) X0 v$ ~9 B3 wThe 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.
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$ C# M! K# F i5 r" e! OEdmonton 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.' @3 C: ]2 n0 L+ S
: _: V/ l; B) ?5 N"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."7 y; |5 c' W, F
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