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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。9 U! p" T3 |) I- J5 w/ N3 @9 M* S
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 x8 W& ~* O( o4 S8 ]2 ^- ~
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0 B; e2 D, \# d" J/ sEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.. M8 e8 g9 S! x
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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.. W4 | R: m2 u+ n3 ^- q6 S9 l! V
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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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.' c( g- B! b/ t* ]: R$ I
* F4 ?5 B% g! ]& K7 \/ b7 U/ ]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.3 C# `: {6 X! [8 h+ ~
; w4 a9 A( D& z' @9 e& i; j' Z"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."" M* F! u( a( n+ N! ]. r
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