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v3 s; \! s9 O- Z& d" @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。
; V' t7 \0 m: P# n) ^7 q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! / V7 q3 m2 {& Y( e# I% ]
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: O; O1 Z4 l5 X% Y4 {Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.! I1 P+ w5 B- ?5 Y+ }+ _
7 g& n2 ~4 N& R2 a% SStatistics 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+ C1 k" c0 q* p( a: U0 [
4 A9 m. @+ w8 F% F" d8 n, Z1 w# OCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.* j k& e$ @' h9 W
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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.) j1 s6 p+ e4 ` O
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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."
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