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9 [1 O% t, K, h. d4 k$ A1 t2 O& K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 r1 W0 B! @, [; w/ k
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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' u0 `$ m* {6 P6 j! `Edmonton'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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; G. P; u N( P& N9 H, n/ {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.1 ^3 R9 t( B* W1 L% w* l# n
9 E9 o, e8 `7 ECanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.7 B; h! \- X% m3 P: y6 ?# q
, f! g' l7 K; n- F% ^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.
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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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- ^& V2 D, U }4 y. e, ]"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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