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( J; `5 p3 o, L* X5 G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。" r; v h0 W% _" L1 y3 R& J
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! % h4 X, V' T6 g: U7 _5 n! p) M
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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.+ X9 `' A: d4 n1 g
9 b, I4 a2 B! s2 q, v7 o% Z7 mStatistics 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.8 F1 |) t4 r' n6 u
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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9 p: l' ^9 L6 m$ }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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4 K7 S1 \9 o+ ?" d, m8 k$ v- H aEdmonton 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.1 z! B! L& N* P7 d
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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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