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& U' q" J/ I4 w4 H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。
" A X4 X& w Z4 C) q/ f! T* T) h+ W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! % j R% \5 P( v
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Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth." P" I5 p1 I: e9 r, V/ |+ _
7 ^% n/ I( S+ e$ m6 LStatistics 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.( R# q* N; M6 X! x
3 |2 b. r# g* V/ Z: H* ?Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.* p7 V; m6 s# |: u6 w8 l
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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.0 }+ v. ?/ o3 C1 |2 ^
: H7 l+ G, K1 c* F. j3 EEdmonton 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. Q- d* {9 P @
! P& c( }* W9 |- l7 t) f# [ B"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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