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5 g) W$ f K) U! Q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 K% B, n6 s0 V- r/ V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! 7 s1 h" T+ H' I3 `8 x( m
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1 m# R2 u; T6 V! mEdmonton'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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/ D9 n& v- f5 S% m3 @# E. kStatistics 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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, F7 ?$ i+ c- z% ]Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.0 C, Q; t3 D) O
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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.3 w( r: y/ V# j( @, ?5 k
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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.- ]! l5 J, Q: D. T
8 ^* }3 Y3 H! p% q; E+ E3 h# o"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."5 E* `! K0 e9 p" j; \
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