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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。
9 m' @6 \" N+ m, E6 p; M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! 1 j) `" E6 o( w4 |1 Q
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4 i4 T4 \' b, r' C& OEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.; W" s( K9 k& g) K5 F
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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.& a: i0 B6 }, t; R* y
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.1 Z* B' @% R$ @$ ?" S2 h
* c! A- g$ V# B" zThe 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.* w& [& {; K, Y( j5 L1 u
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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.: _, g" f, `! e) p1 f0 }& K# l
5 E. ^' f4 v3 p. \4 {"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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