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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。
; s! G5 p3 m9 S: y* K6 [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! : O- h' }8 { B3 h" b! S7 ]
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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.
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5 r9 W+ u( f- `! c3 @1 m* @9 gStatistics 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.0 K9 B+ O+ P+ o( B( v
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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- i% Q, n+ u+ |& ]- ^3 _$ bThe 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.* a: C. H6 k9 F0 f$ f
+ f: I' N0 [: BEdmonton 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 c7 L+ n: ]% Z" p8 q; o
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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."+ J/ t0 R- r& |: S2 w
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