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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。0 M' N: F o1 h9 {* U: r( b, y3 P9 d
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! ' K$ B# k0 \0 F
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, @ s4 A8 g# N. sEdmonton'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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: M& W" j( t, P! w$ lStatistics 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.# y! \! S, x- P5 l6 U
" d- h9 L( x* n: h$ QCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.+ @" y# H2 Q$ p6 l- j
1 }: e; j' r. O# d. |4 M! t: Q) o2 b" UThe 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.! | X0 B" d- P2 b; l
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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.
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. Y( v+ r0 o, c9 @"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."0 J: }' K- }4 D* i6 E9 v
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