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4 c# Y5 Z: P3 x$ A1 ~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。
" E) n) D( W# Q- e9 _, Q" _+ r3 o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! % e" S1 b) O9 Y8 e& O' G
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" U4 \/ D, J' k% b& V8 v. nEdmonton'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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, y8 T) L& f8 b) l9 T& B- VStatistics 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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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.2 _, I+ r9 F2 k4 x7 p
$ t/ M% Z! l7 z& | b' U4 x hThe 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.! |: K( i1 l1 [$ v5 C M
8 U( \" S4 U9 b1 B; g( rEdmonton 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.1 \/ J0 M( ]/ @" n! ~
4 C& L5 D; W: q; s. y) g"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.") d1 D" M/ z8 E D7 r
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