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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 o5 k$ ^7 D4 `- a: C
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! + O- W h3 p* X3 Y6 A x" u
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8 v' G9 ]/ j ^" m- gEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.2 A' Y2 G+ R* U6 G3 p; p: C
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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. i4 H6 O2 l8 q6 |
! q9 T, d) c- A( G6 [) v7 mCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.8 a" t! `- K2 ^3 e4 X
' l1 S0 R, B- T7 q2 D0 U3 ]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.
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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.
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' t0 O6 |6 K% D; t) K"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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