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( J, w0 } R/ b/ \: h0 j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。8 w+ K- v/ @8 N" q$ ^+ a$ |0 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!
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2 v' w0 \$ o$ x7 X/ AEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.& ]0 S+ _* B, E; W4 n3 s0 ?
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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./ }% r: Z* c0 ^ A) q( |- l$ A
7 w7 @; L$ Q0 f3 |Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.5 n4 Q. m2 G+ n' g- U( K, W
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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.
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Edmonton 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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: i# F" V6 X z' j4 I$ S; ]: c3 }* U"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."+ `! |8 d4 N8 y. V5 g6 i9 U
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