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2 s% m6 a: l9 p& A# K J3 `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。
: C" ]* f/ ~* u8 q) u# j/ l( 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! 8 [# @+ c1 _ p2 k- N
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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.5 Y0 v% {4 P" J7 F3 [
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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 H( l% B4 e2 {4 C
& M Z) p' U# }. qCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.) r9 K) n7 ] \: J3 D2 u
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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.! N1 a1 q5 U- }! n) C" `4 k) v. G0 E0 V
, Z# i9 \$ n$ D) k0 A: b( G. s1 JEdmonton 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.
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8 R/ C- t4 ~- i8 ?2 ]"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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