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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。7 I7 B/ G- ~9 J6 L- L
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! & B1 }/ Y ^! i$ M2 m7 w
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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.9 g; C0 s* c% d3 P6 o @
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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 p4 k `5 ^, M9 c S$ m
! P9 U0 U: E$ T2 @1 v2 G$ y9 BCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.4 d) ^2 Z( R" ~: i9 m; o4 j9 f
/ i9 G7 {& d$ u4 {+ N6 f% F, ^( R/ tThe 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.! j7 w8 p! J2 Y' G
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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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, n& w/ g7 e: n3 Y' J"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.") Z; G( m; `4 S' m1 h" s% a
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