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( O0 T1 J; W; X8 H* K" s; ~" 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。
( _. O1 Z) r$ p7 c% p5 U7 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! / e" S' }7 K7 j
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" M" H( k3 s5 j" Q8 e; z# MEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.4 J% D8 D, i7 t* M+ ?4 I5 f$ l* _
# C/ c6 p; m5 V& J* W; ?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.! W) ^$ H% P. B* V' Q& M8 @
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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.
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, o; M! U" U" t+ ~ wEdmonton 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.( s+ L$ n' j7 o% C8 P$ @+ R4 v) J! i1 f
9 f0 [& X8 h/ M' G"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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