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& ^% {9 Y( z' k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。1 y9 [$ k: R# i) l! j) K" q
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! 0 f) R L+ p: K5 D
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/ U7 K/ w# S& T+ o$ a$ bEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.+ n: [" `7 K+ w1 d
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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.; ~+ F) p& S: |9 W3 ^% A. `- y
8 d, t! m2 q- k: Q. \Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.- \, ^/ g5 E: }& \5 Z+ f
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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.9 o5 f& v( Z4 }& k
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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.! E, O9 @/ a0 h3 |2 g5 ^. B2 v7 d
6 S/ @& j! ~, ?5 I"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."% o% |" u, f6 @
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