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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。
: x* O# ]" ~2 k: x/ S3 ~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! ! z5 o7 ]% R. |3 m5 o
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, ^5 C3 m& J+ F- M% m4 C7 R! mEdmonton'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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# `8 h/ T; V h/ 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.
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: }" d' F Y9 @* ^+ `4 M. ACanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.$ y) a R! @! b$ f8 j3 l. Z+ y! z
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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.
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7 N$ {# U- y6 ]6 UEdmonton 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.! x2 u2 _- d- j1 H( C$ L* T+ a
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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."! {5 s+ q( M' ?
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