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2 I% X C! o' i0 ^( Y: `$ ?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。& r' ]& h! g2 g7 ~! w$ j5 F7 z/ u
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 [. p7 n, U% C1 ?, r
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+ N! G& _" k: FEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.4 \! R8 X4 |- Z: N* r
' D/ f8 l% }7 ~$ j2 jStatistics 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.; H' ^: `0 a' R. g! z$ h
$ D [' x9 V/ x% U9 uCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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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.& [6 T3 }4 c& U- g0 E R4 ~. |0 b; B4 w
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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.3 Q/ W* m2 J5 P, s+ H+ a
# `# ]) d; z# T: ?0 T2 H, a1 {"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 k J0 r: {( ~+ R
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