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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。; y0 Z/ H2 i+ v
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! 3 T$ m; h) h4 ?" \' F
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7 u; t7 S& s( v; E: G5 eEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.
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2 K: X* ^3 b$ S- e1 I. X# tStatistics 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.6 X+ K' d! H9 y( \# f% r. L3 L
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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5 ~# L( I0 `% ^% ?/ i6 WThe 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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s7 c6 J7 H: u5 \* ?5 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.) B4 D' V* s9 \8 I2 j4 r9 z: v
H% ^" D @9 W" F# ?"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."! ?+ B4 g9 |) G! z9 G. Z4 ~8 U
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