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' c, ?, l$ ]3 J) ^; @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。
6 I3 u4 w, n. o8 a" v# o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! ! |- A8 ^6 q0 O- J7 `0 ?
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5 o$ O/ r- l1 E' q" dEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth." o# t8 b! N/ n+ i# S& I) p
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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.( `$ m8 [; @3 \& U
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011., E) H$ H2 A) G t
0 n( i0 C7 t8 o; K. [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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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.
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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."% c3 `7 B( y* w U/ s! j1 U
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