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d3 x6 U' [$ r+ U+ L" t5 [) a0 Z3 K6 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。5 ]4 C2 ~+ ^3 C- k1 g, z8 E+ ^
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! : x3 _( v; {: @ j: E. n6 {
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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.; K7 M0 p) V, w' B4 L
$ K4 |7 ?) l oStatistics 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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5 d! f ]5 U9 T' b5 n! P: qCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.1 p/ u) {# F `2 L# [1 \8 x4 w
: h$ \3 q+ x9 R& _0 ]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 G; n/ S8 _/ a9 t7 I1 r0 p- f
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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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. @6 D7 w! f% V) b1 Q"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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