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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 1 m$ t4 r2 j9 d) J
9 {5 s! I. Q0 t( B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 r' P* l3 A* h6 j
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！ 2 Y7 m0 k6 }' w5 w: \
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Edmonton'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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3 V0 L, Y. W7 `# g" B6 t, 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.
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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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.; ]- W1 d6 G8 l( H9 o9 i
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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.% r$ {! S. a/ r7 P
9 G7 L5 y! A& Z, c. E"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."* v" E( S f4 m2 j6 m" a' m; H8 P
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