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, q1 p4 ~- F' P6 b5 t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。
) x' [' o" U4 N+ B+ R6 a4 S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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0 X n9 v L' aEdmonton'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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, t& A- B4 B% V, u& ^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.
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9 j( }- a2 S4 x$ [: ACanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.- X6 N3 F Y& p9 J M
$ w7 [2 D5 m& w7 y' d( {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.
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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.' U0 c3 t3 D% f) ]$ N; C
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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."; G5 K1 T2 k% l: A5 `+ x: T
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