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/ B1 V. d+ ^0 W; B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。# K* R7 D, }+ P( t1 ^
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! 4 d& ^5 o9 {2 O7 b/ d" g/ _% ~
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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.
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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.8 B. {+ a1 T. s+ X. ]) F! V: `
! t- w' ~& u0 b0 x- fCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.8 ?) A, S$ g7 Q/ _, O, t
; A( S+ g- l, m- c. {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. k( p- d) O3 L f% d% V m. D3 A; |! l
/ _5 s2 |" R) C2 aEdmonton 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.! t# y# d! `2 T2 S6 S
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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."$ _9 O$ i( i" V9 g
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