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6 K7 d0 q3 L" Y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。
0 E5 F) p6 Y/ _) l5 \7 r& T1 C. n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! 2 I$ O9 P+ f4 z A1 n( B8 K& B8 P8 s
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7 P9 |" Q* ^! @4 nEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.: k7 P' i8 V V) U
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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., X" }7 |) p: d) E, t
8 Y3 w- n1 \) o2 zCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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- q: d O( Y O& t. _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.1 q* C* C6 R$ a- h+ \4 q* T; F1 e9 r4 l M
2 S1 M2 }2 P: z8 ~) _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.1 Q6 q7 n4 S0 g# s6 }( m a
& E \. x! L5 J ~' x" b! t& T3 s"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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