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本帖最后由 青萝 于 2012-2-9 21:35 编辑 . g* g2 Q. X5 x$ ~# O0 r
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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。
5 c# f: N) w1 n, U; L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！ Q8 N; m x3 f
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, x p( w! M _& l1 s- W6 TEdmonton'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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. s1 }/ X0 }8 O, |) EStatistics 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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* _/ [+ r4 f& ~8 v- ECanada'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.8 a8 X. f, c! f4 D/ T9 a
6 G3 N: F* v. L J8 k4 T; [/ L: QEdmonton 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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2 T9 u$ r3 L% R. N0 \/ F4 u" K' |"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."; w" `6 B' L& \ }* J. b0 ]
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