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- w e' f3 ^2 I* y$ N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。! E/ n% N' L& U- R
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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& @( X1 ?3 x* @' p1 B( _Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.& P( Q! f+ I+ 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.
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, x q5 w' i3 lCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.# p) f) r8 ~$ T8 E3 p1 Q- j- _
1 k1 y) k) @7 k2 sThe 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.$ {7 f5 a' ^- W Q& W6 u
+ g% @6 I& X8 D, Y* w+ f; M& cEdmonton 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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$ P o; J' Q: m* h" n+ ?0 {+ m6 y v"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."% J: [ f+ r/ |
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