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~. ]9 R/ i# U; [$ Y% R+ `$ ~# X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。
4 J5 G( L! z6 t& k" K4 n2 Z" }$ y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! ; G+ J' |1 L& X1 J
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' W/ i4 @2 V, m! X2 s/ _3 e# a" h' WEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.2 q1 x. {/ t0 l3 A/ H6 a( d/ C3 M' o9 d
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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.# }' s% p4 q) y( A0 W9 B5 Q
P1 C9 f6 J1 _- G. \3 k, B; |6 s$ yCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.: c; v( t5 W3 B0 E6 m, z
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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." Y: C( o7 o" s3 w& U% h; @ B
4 T" c8 v/ b k1 i* WEdmonton 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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"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."; A1 B0 {9 K# i9 Y9 f
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