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8 Y( O" G# a' [3 R! M+ t) m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。
4 J4 W* h# h& A/ o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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H, u0 l h- `/ r6 oEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.) [4 W% V5 j1 t0 I }) X2 w; k
8 i( i) J+ W2 w: u1 N- A2 LStatistics 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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7 S; L; q: k1 C8 b% s/ qCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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& u/ W |, c' ~- xThe 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.- u3 {. |1 e* E* w0 O- X
" l8 A( n$ W- mEdmonton 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.3 b. u! C R& n {+ t
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"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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