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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& N- U z1 `: b! k7 Z
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! 5 ~: G- s) c: _/ T2 L: q& P- W8 q
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+ e4 H! u5 W' X+ [+ u3 f- pEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.7 q5 k5 F- R* L4 ~2 q6 v
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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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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.4 j2 V3 U# R$ @6 S. ^4 P6 m
$ q+ w* c: e. P" iThe 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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/ _1 K0 t& h/ n0 _% rEdmonton 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.8 z8 l7 `' A. t" P% @, r( j0 a. @
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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."2 h7 D( [$ J, h1 A" Q4 Q
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