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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。
$ {% a! d+ w) F; }. V8 r8 x/ K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! $ l$ e* ]( d0 D$ F* d6 A
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1 A! ~" G) _7 d) E3 ?+ y0 \Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.. H. S; y; r# H. W) e
# \- V0 g3 n6 m; Y$ b# `+ j4 aStatistics 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.. F( Y- @7 ^0 {" `* e( E( R
, [' W0 C9 c! [, s& {0 bCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.' I2 |& N) @, y& f: |
, w( x& h5 _: O6 H2 P' ?7 oThe 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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, l+ {6 ]8 b1 c( o6 KEdmonton 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.* r9 c' |/ Z2 K* j# O7 z4 }
" y3 m2 ]2 A. T Q"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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