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& Q* I* [4 j+ x$ x) L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。) X3 ^ _8 S1 Q
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! ( M, \' n8 ^# }; L$ }4 q: ~% j
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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.
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% X) r& u; M; V+ dStatistics 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 p- H: [, l* n% _) ]( |
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.+ j. D1 R* I {: k) A5 {" q+ a2 c) n
* H2 a+ w* _" ?; r& T( cThe 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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& d6 J4 U( {3 h+ ^! F& d3 w- U5 QEdmonton 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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"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."& b" n; y* o' S0 C7 s |
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