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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。* `, v3 I6 c( r2 b( o7 V5 Z; 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! ! j/ R0 q9 y0 K7 |% Q
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9 d7 V @; I) T& q1 g: uEdmonton'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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+ y+ z" u5 \' v1 g' QStatistics 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 N \4 h4 ^% I* W
$ q! W# n- O3 V8 m, KCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011./ \3 a' v& V P% }4 Q
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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.+ w, q2 |% m }) V7 F6 W5 x; m& B
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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.9 ^2 h! Y' | a5 M) u5 h5 @
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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."+ \! u$ W) Y' x$ P# ~
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