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9 {) G, V# [% v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。
4 N2 _4 L; \& \# i8 V+ F/ v& v& 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! " S# X2 G, `$ [+ w1 E: R; {& c
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' V ?" N' `. n: u3 S* k. D+ ?Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.' O4 ~5 R" j7 Y# x/ W6 U& L
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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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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.9 F; }0 t- P+ z9 v
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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.
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+ m' B% b5 {! B& D2 QEdmonton 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.3 P" n. s* M h& J" Q* D
: W5 C8 T7 G9 T' H! K"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.": `$ m; C6 H, h ^2 J
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