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) j3 t& e, W& f/ Z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。% a% @6 |+ s0 L1 {
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! 3 O+ V' r: N% L8 U5 S8 @
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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./ M$ b, Q8 E: ?- {0 S( @' Y' n
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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.( {4 d, {" ^/ M: N1 Z0 \( @& A
3 N" m* i4 k: A$ QCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.' K8 F' C/ z9 C+ ]! ~
5 k% P0 q# B/ t6 E% ?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.$ w' A" m$ R5 A) V' q' [: f
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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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$ ]1 W! r8 W3 D+ P8 G& K"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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