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9 q/ e8 \9 F8 C5 K* e! {7 w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。
8 c5 `* R# B" ?; T. K' v$ C) W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! $ y% G8 H" ~5 I; }! V
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Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.3 S4 l% i, y' x( {1 }
, E6 p8 N0 N, p ~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 J$ T2 N2 H* T0 f! X6 z4 |/ j; ] j
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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.2 E5 Q6 a- I! Z$ k2 ~8 L+ }7 q
4 y8 G1 z0 Q+ W8 B! hEdmonton 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.
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. z2 M& u" D, m% V: X"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."" G# r) X- D6 a% [. T0 ^# B, u
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