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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。
2 T. U# o* p5 ^% {1 j. f" k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! / ~7 O" z4 w, G/ c- M6 V) _' Y
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3 e2 l6 m' ]6 K3 C9 WEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth., m$ N/ ~/ b- H: a# j% P( Y+ M _
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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 G4 _! M/ a
3 K* M2 I5 ~+ s W' s5 eCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.! c) ?/ a" b; X. h8 J6 m( C" N
, [" W9 c4 i& K/ E3 u8 Z& gThe 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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0 ?& O# P4 x$ C! p. a2 d$ gEdmonton 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.5 u6 K, W1 f- H2 g3 W
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"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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