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. {/ F$ ?' H& `! k# ?. T) c5 q2 J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。# _3 I: s* c2 {: F. G/ K9 g
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.# G5 o& D+ c5 _
; X" w/ v2 [8 v, F' {4 I2 zStatistics 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., t5 k$ _; i! y4 J, B! Q
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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% J) v5 l4 l* ?3 {: C& U. k1 B/ qThe 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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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.3 x8 \: m x9 W( i0 W! m J) Z6 y" g
. P' I2 ^/ x4 ~0 D9 j; c7 W"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.". [; p% y1 W* f. j( s, K+ [& l
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