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1 A0 T- n" ?. E6 [4 N- u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。& m4 i A6 m5 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! ) D9 V- P, f; S: {2 P
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; Q; s' j7 L [ {5 I- V) SEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.( u* |) M3 S$ X: w! E& q0 J
5 r+ I+ t$ F5 gStatistics 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.1 _" r. E6 d; m
0 N- U' }4 l! v& e% j8 YCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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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.6 i7 E% H* e% [! u7 k: ^7 R( c4 n' e5 r
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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.' m: J- _# ] |* s% A; K
& l+ b2 _ `1 P$ C"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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