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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 d- Y" u9 n" ]6 N2 b5 n
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! S3 e( T& L/ @% J
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0 S& C% o! ~% b6 {, V% L qEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.1 \/ h0 P* q" M: g; K. Y' t& j
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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.7 {* z! V2 Q6 T3 j; `2 j6 A& h; Q( P
" p) _ l2 K. s6 u+ |3 xCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.9 J& {- X! H9 n% A- Q3 X1 x2 S
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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.
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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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+ Y4 Z" I" b3 r9 T+ H+ o9 `7 O* u"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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