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5 T |+ y, p1 ^9 W4 }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。# H' O, b0 q9 y& U# N
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!
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$ l8 S1 Q9 x/ W8 xEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.& N, g9 |; Y* `6 L
, v9 V' D( h0 t7 T6 V& eStatistics 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.+ g" u+ J& W8 ?+ B7 U9 e
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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/ W) L1 {! {0 u6 J) FThe 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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2 ^5 P! x5 x& 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.
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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."4 m9 N6 S& j6 H/ R1 \. u
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