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' X# I% F" s$ d+ 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。2 b! S4 m' u+ z8 Y
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! " U3 A# k, Z5 M" l
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" S; k( N' q7 H4 l- oEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth., X* A. c( k7 |. e+ [, M ]
1 i: j6 _* Z9 I) wStatistics 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.. [- T1 R( p/ ^/ Z' Q' E
, V( ]% N1 i9 @& y+ nCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.: o* M; E! V1 O V) [0 L6 J4 A9 G" M
3 k9 h* c5 `) [& H4 lThe 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.8 q& `/ D6 l+ F
- {. n3 S5 I$ a8 Z- vEdmonton 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."4 f3 | n' M$ f* {" n! {1 g
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