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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。
- y0 M& F3 Q; ]1 O% `2 I1 }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! : g6 N g+ A/ G2 P6 E8 T0 T0 t1 H! 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.
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' G- `! V1 @. g! RStatistics 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 K3 p4 \5 |3 }- {4 q( i
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.; u: U0 f3 g& P# Z( Y
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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.& R. {8 m! ] J n0 `9 t9 o
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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.5 E" x. b2 N# q( f* `
! Y( y: k' h* ]9 I( m% 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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