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" Q: M2 x* d5 `) Z9 ]$ E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。0 ?3 x, ~2 k1 e3 F4 Y I2 w5 q" _
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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" [ G" b; ^+ U( UEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.: V, p% h U3 q% F4 e4 V5 S4 I
2 g4 e- V! [( f, t& |, {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., Y3 x/ E/ W8 m( x7 A6 q$ E
- y1 S: l. A0 a6 wCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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& s4 Q, [- F1 u, O4 ]The 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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( a6 F$ i* t( r: ?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.7 H! z6 X V7 C
2 b' _" n0 {9 w4 z* [9 N) V+ }"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."; S# B( B8 O" l1 i2 a( p
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