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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。/ ]$ f/ K: H2 d
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! % y! E! T" B' h1 r' Q2 Q* T
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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.! t, ^* T, G0 g A! E7 C
; y% @3 K/ h6 f* ~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.( j8 X# I" j! D! ]2 d
0 Q& s' o- U3 Q3 r+ ?+ K& wCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.7 U) ?+ m0 n6 |+ X# G+ [
0 h) [* e) D5 |9 K' IThe 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.: i" ]3 K; M( f6 R' y
; L! |6 I% O7 I9 X3 H+ rEdmonton 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." h: a4 r3 X) o' F, i) G5 z* L
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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."8 H" E5 L: m# r( L
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