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4 J* R8 R/ G* Z$ p, 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。
) F b5 K" w$ K H& C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! 0 O( h; R3 v v& U1 _
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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.0 {$ h! O, }, [2 E; H
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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.% k0 Z! Y* {4 Y0 z5 q
. k; e( a7 J \Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.+ a$ t. w$ k% h5 j/ d% n
y3 D8 x5 A0 }$ J/ c8 Z7 IThe 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. r7 O9 s. }$ R8 R8 w( @0 H
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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.' i; P' R' n% G @9 a1 O
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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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