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3 {' ]$ ^( w2 n/ Q! \; C. Y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。
* Z. `6 L2 |( T: O# i, }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! : P1 ~( r3 |2 Z f5 i: |
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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.3 C; M! V' m5 i& H3 q; _
' H5 C6 \+ P' ]6 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.) V0 Z* R: k) o( y0 n/ |2 a6 d
! z/ S/ [) S, E! `$ T4 V+ A) eCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.4 A5 @6 _- x" o4 n! z1 X
/ V# p& k8 ~8 e$ K+ @6 \. }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.8 [; j- \& D8 G+ ~
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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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"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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