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$ X5 u' E5 Z% I. z2 ~; p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。6 O& i3 S6 \+ ~) x' q( n9 I" c
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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2 X% e& U! ?, s: J* D, ^Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.5 ]8 r, F3 Z! l E/ K* e. ^
$ y& K2 m% a1 c: S( f& x3 v, O( ZStatistics 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.1 a" e+ s, C* \0 q7 _" |. @
! R) q& {% `7 p5 P1 wCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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1 Q; v# n- x5 g: }5 D+ d: D, S1 ^' [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./ M( I/ m4 T2 m) I7 f9 _
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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."7 U" |$ Q4 M. B4 i% o$ J3 F
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