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# ^( h O8 P3 [3 {" O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。
! `: ~8 Q) {" x" ^# K0 m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! ! N+ H2 g B O+ N& a8 q
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9 l8 M4 X. [2 Z; B" j' `6 DEdmonton'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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( J! g% v9 V5 K; N2 T/ HStatistics 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.+ V$ f9 K; y2 F/ x8 v5 y1 t& D. n
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.+ D- z8 ~4 N0 P
0 a6 E+ i' V% Q( ^: J5 Y% |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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8 v: g8 E( p4 V6 X- f9 n$ ]0 WEdmonton 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.
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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."' k$ Y! N1 J: s+ |
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