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9 Y8 L7 c! u7 W. U8 D7 f" p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。2 h e: W& y: d7 q4 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! 0 J& H6 L9 i$ A. `; Q0 ]% b4 Z
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) m! ^) R3 Y6 w9 [Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.
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2 _- b, m7 r; h: X' X1 TStatistics 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.
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* [; f+ g4 [6 QThe 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.3 o3 S' o2 _8 m
- {3 G+ @& z* Q: u/ xEdmonton 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.- j# Q) {0 o5 A- t+ \3 k
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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 I& H& r3 @( r9 _
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