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. Y8 {8 V' l! X% R" ~7 S' q/ g0 M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。" |4 s; a6 Q& s; I0 ~( W# i$ ]' F
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! : a! }& k+ _# U1 U: f3 a/ k3 q. ^' a
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3 v: Y! s5 S, GEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.' Y1 e* T" M% x, I$ E/ y, u
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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.' `$ o: `- c* H4 g! z4 `
: ?3 D, n, J& c( b% O; S0 aCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.3 k0 O3 i$ Q+ B1 ^7 J
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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.6 b6 _0 U! i% n/ i- q. } V$ C; K
& g) L4 A% x- Y6 }* rEdmonton 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.( I. j. }, r, Q# T c
+ {. @' ]+ a% B2 i"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 z4 e& K! Z4 `% L
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