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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。
1 g: L S" `% v! [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! - W6 N% W: z4 U9 p& d; v
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% a( O' q- Y0 c# W" ~4 r. BEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.: \- M9 f" a3 e& M* N, q8 P
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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.$ v: w& i6 n7 S. v, c. O
4 b- p1 n% E1 h% }* |- R2 U8 R( LCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.4 Z2 S: y+ j! q# L; b- l/ m# {
: n6 u+ E2 b7 W/ J L/ w* k0 EThe 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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Z! Q3 V6 E' e9 b5 M"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."; c4 B7 \9 y6 P# W9 g& b: ^1 ]; W
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