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9 V- b1 o% s% u+ e) x& A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。& T( c5 j* u: D: q2 {- C. A# 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! ( P6 \6 l/ R |3 h* M
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* ?2 \9 Z; P9 y! W% QEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.& X" T% P" z$ ~1 E$ R& b
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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.' u- u ^& b+ D# Y7 s6 U3 ~
2 Q H% M9 R1 O$ ?" Y1 rCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011., J6 s1 j% i; m, Y) ~! w
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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.
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+ H: i e; f' m: K0 q6 F1 ?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.- g) R8 @1 _. O$ |2 o: ]4 O% c
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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."
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