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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。3 y; Y+ Z2 {4 B, H
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! 9 {$ a" o) [7 c/ o) {* D
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* K( ^: O' d& IEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.2 l9 e# p& g+ [4 W
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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.3 X( G& g0 m' t% X5 b
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.* v" x- z/ h- j! L: k
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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.4 n$ k7 u! w. E; d! K g6 ^, j8 \
; n2 T: J9 {) O' m- ^; G4 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.& O" a1 z6 }5 T* U$ K0 v6 g' F
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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."
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