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) Q' D* |9 R% ~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。
( | R7 B5 p# A' g) j* s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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: F9 M! G" k( v# X! R* V, X# g, [, PEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.( V& j2 S7 g+ [4 |; C3 w
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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.- b; l2 Z( h& J: N# C
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011." x$ n- y) h9 M& B
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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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- ?* c/ G) p# S0 L* U"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 Z1 @# \# b- Z0 B+ J* S% X7 K( ]8 i
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