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5 i( c& p( |0 w/ M# R6 x* H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。" g4 D2 B4 M% M
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.* P& `* Z' `# |8 y# v; X/ a
, C5 c' d7 p. R( W T2 mStatistics 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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8 `! O& ?6 x$ P9 u4 @' MCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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) O) j4 ?, A6 n; p/ W0 r+ O5 P: gThe 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.$ W \( A% n3 V5 t7 {1 C) ~) w
9 e: x4 o7 A7 a8 t3 S1 f: AEdmonton 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.8 m, m0 ~2 _. @% ~ m. S I. n
: I( ^: z6 R/ }$ ~. K"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."# q2 S0 v4 z# v. ~- S0 q4 `
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