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8 l9 B* I' S' U1 U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 J: Z0 C5 L4 P2 d- e" c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! 2 c- I0 @& k7 G5 m& @
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) S5 { p/ Z$ \3 o! AEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.( E& o. ~2 G( n5 I; h
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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. M: g. }2 o$ W- I# Y; G% \
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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The 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.- n3 O' c: J$ z1 u' ~
# Z8 ?* {+ F% E" M. V5 X$ I8 BEdmonton 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.7 `7 z W$ d. ~7 G2 a# w0 n4 c1 C! C( h! z
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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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