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0 S# f3 c$ ~. {* B/ g F, w7 D$ ^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。
. n: T% k9 a# ?& y3 w9 g7 s" A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! : r% H! Y- H4 x# J
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. c$ |* q' d' L- k& ZEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.% m2 |: k- g9 p& [3 m' V
& | w; v! z; ]! q9 n4 T8 {4 kStatistics 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.: L, E$ |; M# G" Q. F
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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$ t# ~' v" b6 ]# YThe 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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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.4 ~3 R1 p4 G! u( ?1 n0 h: S( \
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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."; N/ `3 O' `$ N
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