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4 O; i6 C- [& V9 O: I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# n5 ~3 W7 |; k# }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! ) @ Q' W; n2 g) P! ]: D+ e. s. c; u
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( K2 Y# U0 R( Z! h; IEdmonton'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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% A# [# L6 A/ p1 ?0 i9 fStatistics 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.; \5 y* h8 I: T. x9 f$ C b
: q* h7 @( Q' a- v8 \, n9 FCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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0 d3 d v, Y- t: x' LThe 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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/ n% P3 D2 I" O3 q p+ i7 r2 A3 FEdmonton 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.! F k( Q5 T) Q+ P q
( ?6 x- e* L# e" c5 Q' Z) m& M"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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