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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。
' b8 g( U) {% k" Y4 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! / S) Y; l; Z4 |) g2 K+ |4 X
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Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.* z5 T* p$ {, x9 @: b& r. n
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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.
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0 B8 M# t* w* n) k, yCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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: J- e" }! _3 _/ \* O6 {" vThe 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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! i* Y- O% m" g& {$ d6 pEdmonton 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.& ~2 L8 T- V$ S: G, B8 ]: t, k& V
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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."- [5 y6 O1 b' a6 F3 V
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