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' T4 {/ T7 T6 J# v. f5 ~3 {+ F. j" c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。
& x1 L {: o$ L$ b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! 6 G; `) w6 M6 p2 `& m" n- m. ]
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1 f9 m2 T% C, U# R8 iEdmonton'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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9 E: }& s9 I; |' PStatistics 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.5 f7 W) D* Z$ W2 T
: c% J) d% p# q9 v3 m" q7 e4 v* gCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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2 C$ f3 H& S+ F8 G! M4 q% ^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.# V( X& c' g" ^1 d" o
5 t) `, P! V* b0 z3 fEdmonton 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., T/ i- y& }6 m! a5 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."; T& m! l' r" I6 C* U \! l- g
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