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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。
8 Y6 E0 B( {; r, C0 @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! & r& r1 B8 Z& Q' {0 x+ U% {6 c
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3 a; X T3 P# w3 g- B2 c8 m3 ?9 {Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.# S& f& Z# V7 C# ]+ Y
& o* G7 F1 h) A! D% v. m$ n7 aStatistics 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.: h- f1 S5 A* v7 A
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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0 B* {" M c1 S; @! D" WThe 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., Q2 r! Z- c; [- y
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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.) a$ G# i' G$ y1 T) a+ W- @
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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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