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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 \* Q* A2 ]) _6 J3 B
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! ( g7 g3 o9 @' a- K
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Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.9 ?/ R& [0 Z! F7 [' H$ @* ?+ u, g
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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.7 X2 k1 i4 E" j2 s, ?3 Y4 W8 _2 _
0 F- S, \* c4 j2 T8 ^8 ]Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.) J9 h! `% T( d) P* _
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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.5 J# N+ p3 L$ f ^
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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.! O8 M" r2 j: `# [) X ~
7 V' h2 c$ A6 C! `"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."3 `" o" U& w. `1 ]
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