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, d- r2 L- f/ R8 e" _$ `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 ?, Z' z4 \1 [
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!
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3 W! ?; L" w; I8 _7 x7 nEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.% j+ ]" R" A8 a6 i8 @5 B4 u
$ `' U7 n/ T0 j7 A' _& h2 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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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.: r. Y- F! X+ }( P
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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.( c: u; J2 V r! w3 p+ k5 [' Y
7 {* Y. G$ j% f3 `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.: [( L2 F ]& Q2 D) y
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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."7 {3 I8 x" u! E# t
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