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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。4 m9 z' c1 G0 `, W7 ?) H Y$ [$ `
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! " N' \! G3 A" ~( \% z- v M
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" T. ~) K8 W( v1 V8 v' y) {Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.- E2 P1 d" x w5 N
1 ]+ m' a* q# w( H# xStatistics 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.7 _% M2 F7 f6 n. P
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.# V( ~- H) E5 U1 ? t8 ]( a4 r
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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.
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. R+ ?4 f. {. Z5 hEdmonton 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.% F/ a. `/ J: T9 g
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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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