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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 + `3 q g% E: H% l4 L5 t
# s) K, M r3 i b& g) G( X8 q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。
, f; C+ L+ T1 V: @* q! ?) 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！ % T: g# k' `4 n2 T0 a( [6 ?
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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.
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, R' } w5 r( P( cStatistics 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.8 M' o1 Y( ?2 E! H, N; l
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.4 W% P# ]+ @' p. v# N+ J8 ~8 U
- q5 `' Q7 \0 J/ k: S4 tThe 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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, V8 @& n* G% t: B I" ~9 @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.4 O- H# ^5 N6 \2 F2 h" b
9 P; L$ T, b' y# D) ^. K s"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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