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* R, s# s7 y' f4 v( b; u) l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 E8 b+ |) _" ~9 Q S/ v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! 2 ` `* z3 c$ L7 {2 E5 O- S: E
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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.2 ]" U Y% {9 u( A7 ?7 s" @
) g* \0 L. E" S. X8 A/ ]' X4 OStatistics 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.
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! {, ]0 T/ y' G3 t* O& uThe 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.3 X7 [$ u [3 ?( _& X R5 b
4 ?; [/ I z' \& {% iEdmonton 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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) h, s- a$ e4 d8 K$ s. a"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." N0 r+ ^% @+ h: q2 Y
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