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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 5 D+ \" S1 C% } b5 _
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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。
9 q- h1 L% e. {0 Y; h" 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！
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; R: k* n% S7 A0 f0 \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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% G- m; _% q4 d4 xStatistics 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.+ K6 u- E# t1 Q0 K2 l2 ^
4 G7 o5 ]& |2 F: z0 ^7 H5 qCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.4 D" E/ L# @" A
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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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2 V6 U6 o1 v8 A! G4 B: N8 \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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, Q" c2 S% P7 t"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.") u& [% {! d9 C$ v! } y3 u1 @4 K
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