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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。
J0 N9 P' i9 e9 K/ [9 `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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$ S0 ~8 D# `& M# t& I0 l: a. |Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.8 n2 t: ?0 E: P4 L
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Statistics 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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, A) {' Y: P( L/ y6 N7 m8 OCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.9 g; K1 m" `( F# k
% N. j3 g' q$ UThe 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.+ U% n2 L" _% i# M% N
0 e; i7 h5 |# @7 GEdmonton 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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( n; m) Y$ D ~' z" ?7 p7 n+ _"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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