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4 A ^( u2 u3 e' Y. I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 D+ r" T0 r/ n5 @
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!
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: X, N4 s. z8 P% p a' }Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.( R9 C6 c, p, B% e2 [& ^& @3 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.
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& S0 w- a+ X* h2 k; ?, OCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011. g# L/ j g3 f6 N- f0 u0 T x0 n# b9 i
1 I+ F% ~- L9 Z. B0 N Q* PThe 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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- `+ X/ X& m! {# TEdmonton 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.+ B ^+ j9 }' C
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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."! g( F% E2 q2 ~( Y: Y
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