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, h( w9 a0 J5 \) q8 X. ^- 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。
* o& R+ G; R2 h9 M! 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! * m" @+ \1 j& p, U. f7 x
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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.: V7 e/ r. V. `
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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.5 _# ], K7 m2 j- \; b# P `
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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2 N7 E- k" _7 O/ ?& b4 f: V7 jThe 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.; m+ y/ B) l. e0 I
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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.1 r/ M, j: l4 @5 ? N+ X
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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."
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