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4 ]7 E4 q" J7 ?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。
; P7 b. g- I0 @% K/ W7 ~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! & ^/ ^+ Y( c, X& |8 E- f' s
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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.8 ?9 S# a# X& D: f/ y s
" ~, p0 ?( |# \% H/ w5 Z; ~+ b6 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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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.) N2 R6 [; I7 D, `
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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.6 f/ e: [$ ]9 {6 J$ m8 @
2 p+ [) O6 w: z% P, L. wEdmonton 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.
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+ X4 Q, {8 f9 }. |+ ?' y. L6 S4 R/ g"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."6 W8 }- Y" \& R9 D( U( S `- q1 c- o
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