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5 R( U) {+ b7 c3 j7 W( a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。
% O, p3 r6 a$ d2 K/ \# o$ S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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~: ~ m* m' fEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.$ T" P. Y3 w- c6 m/ e+ q7 @
. K$ _5 O; v5 c; q1 B9 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." [; i$ G8 G# \3 }. }7 G2 a9 Z; l
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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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.( U* l# D. Y) k& Q( ]; s- Z& E
' x/ Q1 X- c4 ]3 \. s9 Q3 ?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., Z/ g/ y* S4 b/ n2 }3 Q
5 L2 B4 e" d3 j"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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