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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' s1 u, ?. L# g, r2 s% y8 L4 N( a
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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5 ~! ~8 e4 Q b$ mEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.8 A$ @3 }% e. j9 Y
% I. G; Z3 ~( oStatistics 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.9 m& l4 A) x1 s# C! u8 f
" V6 {% h9 H( F0 |9 yCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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' g7 {! j' P$ q5 n+ Q% BThe 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.$ s0 v: p" t" D/ J% l
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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.% L& j! D3 D, \; G
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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."
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