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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。
" E, ^4 M* X' K( B5 d1 j( ]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! & q# f7 g2 U# G
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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.# w( C( L: t$ v3 ~5 n F) \
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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.( @& U8 l: \9 R6 f, B0 `7 _- G4 T, D+ [
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.6 m0 b( s# c [: N& K6 S) E7 D% }/ ~
7 O& D. a4 m4 x: G {1 Z! uThe 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.' h' O8 `2 C. e* T" u2 y
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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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"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."5 b# O, g$ S4 N4 ~& @
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