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! S, p% S/ V6 l- b! y. ^- x7 M/ S: A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。
7 N2 @* d/ t! n& j; ~3 u+ k; r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! / J5 ]$ {! a' Q
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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.3 B+ x6 _" u3 C( Z$ i6 R G, p
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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.
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" ^+ b0 ^/ ^2 l! K; ?. M8 A! S! c; _Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.$ }; G$ R8 L, V6 v6 v$ L( _
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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.
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7 P; Q7 d: J, n7 H1 QEdmonton 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.1 N& m$ l- g- o% H; x% N( f
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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."( F/ A6 @2 n6 v, s; G% P* ?- ~
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