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" ]' B" O5 e) o. s4 l/ I' s' `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。
9 Q- F7 J! R# ?! e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! V; Z( Q* L3 N/ W) _
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/ P' W: Y1 O0 r$ H. lEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.0 M9 r- o: ~! h% z/ T, k, K
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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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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.0 ^. X2 K5 O. T' d s; {0 E" Z$ S3 R3 Q
, C& @4 o' ?$ q" u$ q l% O$ WThe 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.5 l& Z( w4 y2 b4 @) f P
# b" N8 d. k' p+ X# p* Q5 P# g" |"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.") q0 L2 v. J2 U; u, V# m7 K
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