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$ ^( y4 d+ D+ h/ h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。
" f! d$ f! F$ P M3 t; J6 R% X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! 1 e, x7 n0 N! Y) a" @# s' y
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2 P6 @; R8 J6 N! yEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.( g4 D6 u! C$ U/ f/ `5 S/ @# P
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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.' D7 ?1 ~, L \: ]
& h8 Y4 q/ r. [) U4 ZCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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8 ?$ x6 Z+ Z5 r5 E# z4 {5 K( @0 _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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! Q' x1 }7 x. V. F: IEdmonton 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.
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"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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