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3 z% o2 o ?7 w( l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。
) Y: N& p/ u7 r. O- @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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9 Q1 W; ~$ L% ^1 o* U& u& N3 f/ ?Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.' p! O, h" X1 z0 w& |
3 L8 K/ z- z( D! _/ Z) mStatistics 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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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.( e3 i, A( j0 U4 S9 G
* p' `+ u1 b' ^* ~0 SThe 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.0 I4 S8 Z( h' f$ p* n& o4 ~. r6 v0 m
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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.9 M, S U2 f2 F
) ^1 T' j" J; n$ \& B9 e4 R"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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