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2 l) i8 w3 a* t) C1 i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。! l# ~' L. W6 _/ h9 E5 Q1 p3 t
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! 1 k# z/ J& X \& {
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5 H- N9 \" S3 z: @- hEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.1 q# v2 r/ k, S$ g( g2 s' x! q
; L: I1 b, Y/ |! p0 f3 O! n& ~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.: b3 U/ t$ [/ Z; f2 Y l- _
3 E5 R) J5 u {4 _ q1 uCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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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.
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" R0 `& M. `. G5 n7 L( Y- ?, R8 BEdmonton 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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+ ?+ @ [' d8 M( o2 ~"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."1 E8 t) j. L5 ?6 f5 k$ g* m
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