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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。
# I# w9 Z; N6 _# x" T+ t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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, s/ w4 Z q; P( uEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.8 Z& ~; L1 _ i3 j0 }0 w
8 V* P @0 q i* @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.
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5 v4 Y) Q- ~( R' |' jCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.: ?9 `5 u, d, u/ D, [
6 A# e: \3 g6 WThe 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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7 ~+ s5 V4 t9 U4 H* Q" [* a jEdmonton 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.* O; t. R1 O* b2 z9 k: p; U
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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."( B) M4 n p1 J2 Y$ K9 Q2 M3 M
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