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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。8 e& E% h. w) y6 |+ 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! ! S6 y9 @; @7 e% [& X% J6 q! U6 V
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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.* A) o2 C0 X8 n3 j7 ]
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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.2 H3 c& S( r+ x1 L* \0 @/ U+ z
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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: G+ t5 Z% [7 n/ t. n/ B' KThe 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. d: L$ m' W; u5 t. v- [
& e7 M. T2 Z" n# \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.. G5 M- j. W V; d
2 m3 e9 V4 J6 A: u, g. k"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, x; i* X5 }5 |
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