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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 _* @- ]( n& g4 f' o+ N1 N$ W( h
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! ( t* H2 L3 ~. Y8 d( f( ~0 ^7 q6 X
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Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.0 S- |! R3 K# [. `2 D
, b: ^$ F4 q+ V3 }$ ]/ ?+ h1 b( N3 LStatistics 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.7 w& n. n6 M- J0 J
& w/ D U' Z% pCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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3 G) E0 ?) y6 }1 bThe 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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' y/ n) U+ H+ a( P; m( B9 i, JEdmonton 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."' t# R3 E) r& m
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