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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。
- @. m) z/ v( N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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5 E1 T) u7 H# L- I2 f+ F$ C/ }Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.' {- ^4 Z& s a& h
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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." p5 \% ?# y/ s4 M5 t8 w
. k$ L! R% f U' J$ w. ZCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011., N' r3 u: I6 t! j& V
) |6 e4 R2 i) s: O; {! R3 D K- nThe 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./ | ]& b) x# x. N1 ~+ G
) b) V$ k" T6 K) 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.* A5 a3 u4 R6 \1 f: S
/ ~: s) b7 o2 x" U# 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."
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