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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。
1 _# b( C, [7 @3 C6 x3 J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! , T2 _$ B' Z0 v; {9 ^
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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.# h, A* y5 b. o: U3 l( z7 C
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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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% V( |* N! I6 d" s* ACanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.: [/ t& e- r- b% i5 a0 M) d- r' ]
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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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: n3 C6 B& [# j- p( C" U1 {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.4 c+ y, W- ^" {6 g
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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."2 E: Z; ] x; X1 F. O
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