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* o& v; Q# Z. ]; T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。
0 g3 T# E2 i: r5 v+ \/ 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!
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8 S" k. Q$ o% T9 \Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.* J, O, w: }/ w" X7 x9 m; U! q B
) X6 e8 i8 Z% hStatistics 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., a- D9 y I+ b7 ^8 j/ ~: i
0 F1 ?! ?. _- t* YCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.4 ~. d+ T& U4 @
% a: G* K7 \( |) X5 v) a* A1 dThe 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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" L, p! {$ l$ U+ A; 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.* P" H/ u: q" E7 b% N9 ~. }
. m2 T% Q2 U$ ]6 M# n"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."" g0 N2 v/ }; q$ E, N1 \
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