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/ ~. w7 E. A1 O6 x' |7 g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。
" @; `0 i1 T& \8 R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! * I; s' }$ n2 ]
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# A+ u6 D* u1 q( \4 L# o' i5 V; @Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.; `( @- A& P1 {! }7 Q/ h8 j
( J2 I& X2 a B9 H) H mStatistics 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.5 ?" s# A3 C% W% c& g/ P
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.' k2 A) l% e! k1 m; Q7 y
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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.0 w6 O4 M% V' m
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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.- f+ n8 a7 w$ i
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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." r. y. s3 l7 q P, ~& G! s% M
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