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& U/ ^# u5 d# l7 W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。
6 a! ]! | O: f) ~1 ^; `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! ! l. n* ~( W& g0 W' U$ j
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5 b! r+ L5 [! d" R; `/ kEdmonton'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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1 [+ t; `# T2 g. C4 }- iStatistics 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.: r0 Q5 f2 B# H" ?, H! Y
@* n& ^' A" C% X: V9 m; R( hCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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- U# _5 w' l0 z% r; ~3 N jThe 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.4 t' R# `, {. i* S! v
% D0 Y/ Z4 Y' D# V9 cEdmonton 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.5 a: b) a9 B: F' M z8 d
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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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