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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。
! H6 `+ f. a9 l# @8 g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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3 h% M4 z2 W0 r8 JEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.
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7 g6 e7 b- k5 ]% oStatistics 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.9 D: w* C& j- x2 K/ N- B* ^
( f( R$ L5 P4 {. s0 T' mCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.7 w" o) I% c3 e9 S0 W
7 |4 Y: b3 o% o% J* k( N4 jThe 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.0 f& g$ ?! l% C# @. v& \
5 O( S6 ?+ i- c9 h! p1 c"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."2 q; I! ~+ w A8 U' \% C
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