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0 R( A/ w5 |# v$ }( }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。
6 ^5 I6 t1 D$ _9 F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! ( _2 }/ p k# P6 W/ {5 H
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+ `8 ^, L: @, x( |3 P5 Z7 |' \Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth. J. i# k' @. {7 n2 A T
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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.
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7 B! y0 x. k; T4 \, cCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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; Q; n% ?: G6 w2 F8 zThe 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.9 z7 S8 Y/ W8 l+ `0 @: k
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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.# K5 L* T2 c, z5 h2 e+ j! h
# Y0 i) r8 t0 c/ i" V; 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."+ M/ _/ a% n$ ^5 N- R( C) I
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