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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。- k O E# o4 C( U8 _: |0 L3 }& 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!
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; u, I. a0 l- L9 {) Y, Q3 KEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.9 F8 [! E' k8 o: h
3 h- Y* D/ y! t. l7 N1 hStatistics 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.6 S9 R' W; a. ?+ u0 F) m
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011." h3 X; R% i. X" {+ Z# l( s/ B
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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.: E/ n2 L q0 g# g3 `
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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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" B. O: d% R9 R/ ?4 Y"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."4 B& \0 R/ I# o: g8 c4 H! B1 b
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