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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。+ ?/ J$ x9 F0 {+ s6 _; D
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!
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* \. B, J% h7 i/ vEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.4 q) N- K) w8 @% J+ [
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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.( m; h/ D$ c3 e5 s
0 Z. |: g, |8 w) T6 v2 U+ |2 [! FCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.5 x- _5 L- Q- F
# s& `3 ?7 a- u. B' iThe 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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: [; [$ Z( K7 U; REdmonton 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./ x6 i f7 x* Q
7 D2 o' V9 V2 j; F% z- _4 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."
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