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) |/ `1 R, p% x& b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。* ]. M0 P6 ?7 p7 W
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! 4 k4 T$ T/ H) k' }: |) d4 P2 q
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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.
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& L( R) m% @: 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.7 e+ I/ \! [" c8 s% K
4 J0 S, d9 ]2 K2 f$ d1 g% UCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.+ E8 `" s8 v' A- H- m/ m; F! l, f! o
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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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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., i+ I* u! q9 I6 w. v
% }5 N. l% Y$ o( s) V5 p"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."" X! n! T* c9 s5 n" }' G
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