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! J" `) b& }7 N) M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。) W- K$ G% r. q P4 I
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! $ m( c4 D6 c/ [. P* q- b- z
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) f) W% Y N# |1 S& c; qEdmonton'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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6 b: L" v: b5 {* \3 IStatistics 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.
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# D- F) i$ B- V9 dCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.- \, d# C0 c) i3 F# O% |$ O
; A F9 F) ]2 DThe 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." s5 {. e" P8 ^
2 K9 r( Q, F' l9 UEdmonton 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.. M2 D, f$ f- E0 [+ b
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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."' m' E) w: K8 g. b- R5 M2 y
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