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, m! j7 x+ c* ?' c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。
o9 h, P0 L. P n Q, c. E9 M6 o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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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.9 B9 _$ C1 H( F" ^% S
/ ^2 \& l5 d1 r& b/ w9 C* H; uCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.- M0 [7 o: L- [1 O/ d; W
. {9 R! {5 Q& f9 o& p. @4 ?/ 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.) F+ \ U- N6 o+ i0 N4 O5 v! _
5 J( P. \ w; V7 y8 N+ T, dEdmonton 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./ R x$ x4 i6 d. G+ e
' ~) g1 D4 F, r; t6 h* y"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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