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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。. \- Y+ O6 j8 P0 U8 ~
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! : K, c( I8 w2 {/ O0 l$ P) M6 F
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: t4 T( y7 j/ p% C7 REdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.0 Y' \. f v3 Q3 }
/ K) y8 W; f0 n( P* pStatistics 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.. I2 m" ^3 F9 Y* ?
8 j! J) h0 @0 x6 nCanada'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- v3 g Z6 f* o. e
8 {8 V$ X2 b: x# Z; t8 _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.1 g3 o( |" c- S+ L/ N( S
: f0 @/ W5 ]& S; g* U0 s: v"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."/ T; H: y& T# P" Q
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