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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。
" M. m/ J6 B: C; i/ t/ I/ M; F. c6 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!
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' [3 Z" A+ w$ }8 o0 FEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth. \3 H9 W/ t1 q
8 `4 i1 Q& ~# y+ [4 QStatistics 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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+ o" ~' n- q E* HCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.' u5 B8 U Q7 ~0 S) F3 n
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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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' F% s$ j& r7 Q2 }1 c& O$ bEdmonton 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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"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.". }" m1 O) Q& {) m& {. h
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