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" Y) u, `1 f* a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。
) q7 s( ?, J( Q/ w! 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! + j$ \7 a0 b- m$ p# D% e( U
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+ H& H. p3 X( T, I4 ]9 I* n6 bEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.% G5 O1 F ^# J: z
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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.4 r: k7 U$ j$ A* E# ^1 s5 V
. A0 p( e5 ]: \/ g( b& Q s8 }* `+ NCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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7 r2 v1 F5 H- x! w( u1 |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.5 W1 C1 \1 y! ]# s1 z" R. D
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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.0 y. W3 z# O4 ~2 i4 e
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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."" m$ H$ U% _( m* x+ F
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