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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。
( D" R( Z# a2 k' n' e1 j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!
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- Y. D$ f" Q& n# {% YEdmonton'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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0 z/ X9 g8 N/ N/ T3 j% |3 \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.. A3 p" X, g# v* x: B! A
8 S; ]6 }& v1 @5 d/ n/ aCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.+ A! g& |. Z' u! M3 w( \
! C! B' R: S5 ZThe 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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9 V1 a2 o& X0 p: c; x; @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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( ~5 O4 ?$ a# |6 b+ J/ y! ["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.", O! m r2 X# y! Z8 c
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