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7 ]$ F/ k' [/ h9 ]+ t: j. D: S' K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 N# G* L( d6 B+ r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!
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3 v+ l0 T- S% A* k. wEdmonton'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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" r1 z# P) g. z$ \3 dStatistics 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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( X7 q( r4 {/ [9 Y6 gCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.) W- E! a- I1 G: I5 H: }$ M
4 |8 B% E% g4 r4 y( i$ C; }- K WThe 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.
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' H; d$ T8 L. j( s8 s, a! s"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."
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