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) A: v* j6 e/ F, @3 x' X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。
8 A8 S$ @2 B/ N" x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! ( q5 j4 Z/ V) G) k% R) {! C2 F
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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.- A y4 @! C9 ]2 ?' u# d- k0 ]4 ^+ c
/ Y+ h6 o' m. zStatistics 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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& [: U# | @" DCanada'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.$ w) v1 I! r$ g: S; e, ?0 ?
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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.2 U2 ^5 N4 d! ]: p; n
1 P! m! e( I1 ?"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."4 k, ?% n9 G( R% h9 ?
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