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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。- x6 W8 c* k3 S6 Z( \
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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6 f: z ]/ W, Z8 d' ?Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.0 ]2 K; W% V+ A) \2 t' [* n$ u
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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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0 x2 c: @0 u& W: |! gCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.0 Z; y+ M4 {- e' e1 @. R9 P3 V
' q* F8 ]! `' {+ @2 G8 Y3 E8 ?# jThe 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 c) F& F4 \% {8 @' xEdmonton 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., e+ [9 g8 q+ G1 P
. k' w5 H/ O3 I# x, F+ |"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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