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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。9 g/ Q/ F0 x8 G. D, L; ~
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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) A# X3 A' k" T0 }, ?6 x+ }Edmonton'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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, q: [, \) I8 P8 d8 s1 XStatistics 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.3 r& ^" P9 H3 S/ B& G" \
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.3 {8 Y" w1 _" I$ c3 Y c
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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.' b1 W: G* G) y; }5 Q0 N
/ N* W& b7 L }& u5 e4 IEdmonton 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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4 O1 ?5 `' J% J# J' m a$ A"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."5 a* T$ J- V/ C% Y' _6 R. E/ b
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