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3 L+ v' W8 p# H/ \* O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- j1 Y) {' |) `
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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# U+ z* K) ?3 V7 _Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth." a5 x: M# L5 C! ]& j2 i! e; a
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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.
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6 I. {+ i: O$ yCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.1 [" t. ?7 I0 W2 r) j
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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.& t" J; |1 g3 W- E
4 S: g% z5 F: \0 V% k9 NEdmonton 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."2 K1 w6 i, r5 ^ f7 W, i
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