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" v9 D6 T0 z' ~4 Y& v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。- X6 I/ I. V" f \6 S0 U
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! 0 C" [9 @0 p; [# ], l2 Q' F1 ~( |
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- T. u( x& L" b2 K6 PEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.2 v! c) `8 C4 m) T* ` R) W
5 ?, T& T) V7 }+ ?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.0 D) _( ^* `$ [' p
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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/ {1 _1 q. \* [) BThe 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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& b, e! h( W& q5 TEdmonton 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.6 |( ?9 a7 q) l& n0 k) U
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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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