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0 q$ F; z' x. j! E" K7 ]" O2 j X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。
4 D# b3 }, P0 m- x5 j( X4 R6 A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! ; z$ x. r& Y2 l) f- R
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$ H- L7 r, F, e- B: BEdmonton'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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# p" m2 C( k% J) ?* u( L( S- kStatistics 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.; }: ^' F: D8 p5 C! L
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.3 |& e" J( x9 i- u4 b
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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./ f1 D2 z( M6 |* O: @+ X$ x
" m& p) L+ D! e9 o- G9 _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.
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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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