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% c4 i+ c9 o) Y& D. D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。
3 R6 {3 d% D, 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! . Y' w5 b" r5 h7 u7 h* ^5 ]
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# T& y4 Z- @0 T5 rEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.* l: w% z1 C1 l" v, x
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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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; s6 x; B v# @; R FCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.) |) W6 z4 ^( H+ `- R6 k4 n
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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.& ?! X9 X& l) m
9 {$ n, W% @; S, s0 jEdmonton 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.& B& P1 k3 k* d5 K; W/ 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."7 d- p) {+ G( V
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