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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。
6 \; ? f" J$ x3 k! d" [8 c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! 4 V6 p% u6 W5 z2 W: O; d f; p
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. Z) G" q# O( O9 cEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.
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7 u) C0 E! o% YStatistics 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.0 r- `6 x& P$ a ?* a: Y
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.* |( Y& X2 {% m( 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.: \$ W3 G/ \& `( X* c6 l
! z7 i! W* ` ~+ ?9 vEdmonton 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.- G8 x4 p% ]; A8 B7 o% {8 m
7 u* d, m( x. W7 h; [$ {# L"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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