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! t8 l$ \& s% i1 G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。1 t a5 [5 l, \7 Z4 a J/ L- S
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!
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8 H/ c1 t$ a) p. L' |$ GEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.% Q' @! i$ W+ X, D, t$ j1 b" C
, @: M: k! Y1 P% k# f8 E- o, ` N7 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.
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0 y, y( g6 e' ^2 k% A" eCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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# j4 Y+ a! Y# o0 \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.. P; A* J9 g; f1 H' ` F6 N5 W, C
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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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7 v+ V' h1 h& _' o* J( B2 @0 ^4 b"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 o* `+ B9 `! t% H; F6 w! s, ?
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