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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 l B% j" B8 Q# |4 P3 `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!
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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.5 W# [4 a. @& h" o# H6 R: E1 e) C
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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.( v( M1 x+ Y# [
6 I8 ]7 B& A; M6 p4 W( h: UCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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* s# k5 m- A* _7 `0 x4 {' q! nThe 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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# H3 J8 K @0 s) `' d0 @& E% SEdmonton 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.2 O) X" W+ M0 F$ I
4 G9 A& v7 u/ h# `' a# _$ f"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.". X$ k9 o5 ~) e1 I* E% K
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