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9 S# B, t ?! f% `, O% a; 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。( g/ C' k- a; P" ~: d& s$ 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! 8 `! y$ x+ Q( p. [1 A3 l% [
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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.: c; A! E# ~' P( Q9 e* G1 z
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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.1 A! ]2 p9 p% ]0 n6 ~
# S5 ~/ W; t8 {/ h4 J9 q/ cCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.0 D/ u, a6 {& w1 o6 P7 Y
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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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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.5 r3 u @- N/ O/ @5 v
6 A& [6 Q$ W3 l) b"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."* I; Q' `8 {7 d% O6 t$ k5 J9 C
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