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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。7 ?% ?7 ]& k9 D* [( Z
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 i$ L( @7 C4 K* x8 \
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" f6 E6 i. h6 e6 P( `% y$ hEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.* i$ r% x/ t6 q% N8 I3 S: S A
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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.! `1 s* A$ |3 C' F% E; F
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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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.* U0 X- B( [; o) K( s; e" M* F
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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.- W8 e# ^' c, T" B, H+ @1 B, @
6 f0 h/ f7 _7 j8 F; C% E, C! V2 o* 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."7 ^5 {+ {/ F3 {. ?' V8 h
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