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: y7 c/ G% C6 z, H& M$ A# Y' H6 |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。
. x7 x) {# _/ \6 f: Y [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! 3 {$ f8 c/ u/ m) ~
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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.$ Z% C& A# K7 Z# G: A
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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.8 G; [- O3 W# H1 V; E+ j
! m. C/ Y, @) o7 s. CCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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1 l$ [4 G) K2 I( N7 eThe 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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1 z* g- h- ^8 f# `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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8 ^( L! p- Y/ @+ d1 N0 U* ?. Y"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."* U% g$ N' {7 F7 f& v N
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