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; u: g' Y6 ]/ ]4 s* W- O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。
0 U( n. i! [9 X( x* V$ y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! 2 S& h; m( C* V! }$ y( X% S, M
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3 q2 l$ G9 s! O# K: hEdmonton'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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6 D! B1 d2 v) A1 H: M7 [; o" aStatistics 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.$ L6 w+ o7 U) ?% g4 x( U/ S4 p
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.2 n9 p U1 h) s/ g4 B2 w9 D
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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.0 p( N0 Q1 t/ a! D, g9 \
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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.
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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 S0 g3 Q$ u x! }. n8 g, r+ d, Y
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