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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。
( o+ c, ?. g, A( K/ l+ T N' 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! % v& G# |' S4 i
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! k" @/ b9 Z! x% \/ ~% h# j; u' D9 \Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.' ^4 C, s0 x/ P) |' l4 [
6 S) C+ d1 z( @' I5 I9 ]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.$ u8 w3 O" e5 r/ n, i
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.4 m& U5 }7 x% n. s6 q
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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.. h7 F* `( N: w, o a7 ^7 b
8 A1 q2 `7 B$ a( {4 k& T0 qEdmonton 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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"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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