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& W5 k- d6 i2 |8 E7 f, L" b( B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。
* J( G( }3 w. ]& @2 |4 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! ' o8 `3 Z$ P$ c* U+ C
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! {; y0 S* N5 y; p! Z7 u iEdmonton'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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) e8 I: V) o3 T% X- l" ^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." D5 R* O; O- Z$ t6 T
R" Z: q) B) a0 {Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.( L. ^+ _. l7 r& k) F) S
3 G9 i. e5 `* [- q# {/ OThe 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.: L7 q8 S- {! h% C/ k
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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."+ _4 X6 y- W7 J/ p0 G+ I
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