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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。2 G$ ? {2 t' ?4 t* |2 j' Z' k
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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Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.) w" S" q& i$ e) [4 c: N8 t5 z" F5 t% n
5 K$ {; I% r' S+ pStatistics 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.) B6 b2 i% W f: J$ D! O# ?% F
4 h' N/ o( M$ hCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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( ? N9 n5 u& g2 n4 l) ~3 ~8 VThe 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.$ M# S( q6 g% _' b
8 ?) P1 f8 |1 {7 s; ?, Y" \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.+ Z1 B: l, t6 ~: l+ P
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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."0 q8 [" z# {. v# Y
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