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% l( N( p. u/ v% ]- {$ d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。% q: l/ @/ @- N# Z; C5 n f+ A, G
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! ! g# f) _: ^" N) z4 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.' @ I6 \# l8 T' F
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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., ]3 J3 W1 V" H# T6 Z$ }8 U' z% J
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.8 P w2 r8 E6 g+ {- B/ y
* H4 G% ]5 K* \1 q9 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.8 `, R8 D% C S: x
. e2 H; ]! X0 ^2 F; g/ L- 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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6 u" r( q% m4 g" m& _! o, I"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! C) Q6 |$ p* k' H8 [, O" u
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