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& L: z Y& v* w# @- g) m- f: S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 G" D7 A. O* d+ R5 J' f& 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!
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/ Y3 y% i* t# x, |$ j6 B4 |Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.5 P' D: j5 w6 O+ Y# N7 x: 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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w" H( Z% k: t2 V; n9 G" t* s8 Z# kCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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) w4 X9 f; W; `6 b) ~+ U3 TThe 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.8 h5 w- d$ f9 W. \: x+ F* H
+ t+ s! c. \ o8 k! P! W"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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