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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。1 @6 D+ _8 M0 V" f. V* A
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! 0 n7 E1 G$ M) z( [+ z% |
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2 C$ a7 c# r( D# oEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.5 `3 a* _6 C% w1 Q8 _- z
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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.
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+ b+ h3 P, l! j* U+ V! {Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011." Q8 [8 {8 }5 w' ]5 c
" ] a. h( d" YThe 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., o9 M$ M( d. g
3 Y- P5 D; g2 P/ t# E& o# I! TEdmonton 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 L% y0 x- a( k4 I# [. M2 H8 Z4 B
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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."
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