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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。
$ ?. Z; S: D/ {( z1 m2 b/ a6 K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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2 M& g# Y9 Q3 V8 j: T( l5 vEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.1 L8 O0 p1 x$ M, \* e1 Q$ Z, S, i
`9 K6 u! u- p/ M* R0 i' _* Z) eStatistics 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.' g, r) \6 A# P Z
% { y$ a* W( P/ ]! ^( T3 PCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.7 A1 P# ~( N8 Q ?: F; S
7 W4 L& Y& d' nThe 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.
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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. i5 u# @$ U( n' y) o; v$ G
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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."
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