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5 x* X5 t8 f; ]; A3 E0 g3 w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; W- f1 G/ b( }- b" s# D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! 9 L! r2 R- E. t+ e- [
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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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+ \ I5 v2 D# i3 D4 |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.9 b: S# j4 e7 c) [7 w4 ?3 h
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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& H3 c) b+ }! [! sThe 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.8 `- c% o+ K7 i* S. o4 s ~8 c
, U& N( G% q E% fEdmonton 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.3 w! X6 l( B, ^( X/ e3 ]" c% T
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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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