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, Y7 z* `9 l) Z. c% |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。! C* F# {" e8 _8 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! + ?- L! v3 Y0 b1 L: U
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% ` [ T$ F/ I1 P# b- ^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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6 p& t& e3 y7 Y+ s3 YStatistics 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 {7 K1 z+ x% @$ ~
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.1 S2 `. I7 p X, z) F( H- w3 ~- @( ^
' p, ]' U" }* |: _: a) b" cThe 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.9 m2 R* a% u$ N! n( z! X
* [$ c+ M+ Q/ B4 j- mEdmonton 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.8 Y* Z2 y, W$ U E4 r7 ^0 O7 x5 C
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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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