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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。
2 C3 J$ C8 S3 K# X) x* @ {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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. V( B& m2 B @9 R: ^4 WEdmonton'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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, d, e- ~/ G, y. W* GStatistics 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.: n% J o' u7 B
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.) ^" M( @& `9 y y8 Q+ P) G$ s8 I6 ?2 w
- g4 r* A2 o& h: OThe 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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% e1 E. m) V! c6 P2 g9 \8 zEdmonton 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 V; Q% ~, N! [& ^1 S# y# h
3 F: O/ r- {. \7 g. ^"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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