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; r9 Q9 q0 M: ]" h" u$ Z! n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。
( r( a0 [; P$ P, n, B; q, B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! ; P/ M2 ?, Y& A- c
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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.
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; c( q9 R% E3 d V- H% T* [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.- j' J+ Q; U/ ]' q$ u, }* V
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.* l2 w' f7 D5 J/ p& f. E- u: T6 K
& L+ ^8 r" V- T3 L' _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.% S( w C8 m z: w0 Z
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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.; ~: D6 o; f9 H0 f, z. h" [- o
# f6 c" Y) U+ Z0 D- ~$ F"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."$ f+ i4 T% L" r/ X; w9 [
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