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8 z* X& H2 Q8 t+ c- Q% |" R% G1 Q+ Y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 E0 ?2 e C0 V( ^7 E
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! + u0 J6 G5 o9 r! ]# K/ I, b4 o5 X6 ]1 p
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7 w$ V9 ^3 R4 L; b/ DEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.0 X) H( i3 C4 V0 N% O2 M
b; J* x) s* x' a% {6 WStatistics 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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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.9 K( o y$ J/ _4 D
4 j7 Z/ I* g* T/ FThe 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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, z$ Q8 _6 J O* VEdmonton 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.; P( E( J1 P2 s$ n
+ \! @% S! `( ~4 `"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." I! g2 E4 s- M8 f
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